Guns, history

The earliest solid propellant was Black Powder, also known as Gun Powder. Its history is de-... 

General Refs 129) G.H. Custard, G. Francis W. Schnackenberg, Small Arms Incendiary Ammunition , Frankford Arsenal Report No R-1407, Vol 1-4 (Dec 1956), AD 159 322 130) J.R. Partington, A History of Greek Fire and Gun Powder , W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge (1960) 131) Anon, EngrgDesHndbk,... 

Assess for the safety of others and potential for violence. If accompanied by friends or family with whom the patient is living, ask them to remove from the home all guns, caustic chemicals, medications, and objects the person might use to harm self or others. Risk factors for suicide include severity of depression, feelings of hopelessness, comorbid personality disorder, and a history of a previous suicide attempt.19... 

Remember that it is important to assess for suicidality when working with any client with a history of suicidal and parasuicidal behavior. Not only ideations should be assessed, but also plans, lethality of plans, means to carry out those plans, and proximity of means. You would surprised at how often such clients carry lethal doses of pills, razor blades, or even guns in their purses, pockets, or backpacks during such an assessment interview with intentions to use these items. (Please see the extended discussion about suicide assessment in Chapter 3.)... 

May 14 On Mother s Day, the Million Mom March, the largest pro-gun control demonstration in history, fills the Mall in Washington, D.C., with an estimated 750,000 people. 

Bijlefeld, Marjolijn, ed. The Gun Control Debate A Documentary History. Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1997. A collection of more than 200 primary source documents relating to gun control issues. Includes historical, constitutional, legal, and legislative aspects of gun regulation. 

Edel, Wilbur. Gun Control Threat to Liberty or Defense Against Anarchy . Westport, Conn. Praeger Publishers, 1995. A history of the development of gun control laws in the United States and of changing attitudes toward gun regulation from colonial times to the tumultuous 1960s and beyond. 

Brown, Richard Maxwell. No Duty to Retreat Violence and Values in American History and Culture. Norman University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. A study of the social values involving the appropriate use of violence from frontier days to the present. Brown emphasizes the history of the American West. He also provides an important historical context for the development of gun regulations. 

Schwarz, Ted. Kids and Guns The History, the Present, the Dangers, and the Remedies. New York Franklin Watts, 1999. For young readers. Gives an overview of the history and issues involved in gun control, including recent events, facts, and statistics. 

Batey, Robert. Techniques of Strict Construction The Supreme Court and the Gun Control Act of 96%. American Journal of Criminal Law, vol. 13, Winter 1986, n.p. Discusses Supreme Court cases involving the Gun Control Act of 1968, pointing out ways that a case for reasonable doubt can be construed from the language, intent, or history of the law. 

Chiang, Harriet, and Kevin Fagan. Gunmakers Can Be Sued by Victims. San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 1999, p. Al, A19. Reports that a California state court of appeals has, for the first time in U.S. legal history, ruled that a gun maker can be held liable for the criminal use of its products. The case arose ftom a 1993 mass shooting in a San Francisco office building. 

Kopel, David B. Japanese Gun Control. Crime Justice International, vol. 19, June 2003, pp. 4—10. The author reviews the history of gun ownership and gun control in Japan. While he acknowledges that Japanese gun control has been very successful (guns are rare and gun crime even more so), Kopel argues that its implementation has depended on practices that would be entirely unacceptable in the United States. In Japan the authorities have extensive and intimate control over individuals, and persons can be searched or arrested and held for long periods without a judicial warrant. 

Refs 1) M. Lindsay, "One Hundred Great Guns An Illustrated History of Firearms , Walker Co, NY (1967), pp 29-33 2) Staff,... 

Gun Design, Chapt 2—Gun Construction, Chapt 3—Recoil, Chapt 4-Carriages and Mounts and Chapt 5—Breech Mechanisms) 56)Anon, "Artillery Ammunition, Dept of the Army Tech Manual, TM 9—1901, Washington,DC(1950) 57)ORDIM,Office of Chief of Ordnance Washington 25,DC,"Com-plete Round Charts, No 5981(1950-1) 58)Anon, "Ordnance Proof Manual, Nos 1—1 to 70-10, years of issue 1937-1951, Office of Chief of Ordnance, Washing ton,DC 59) R.Held, "The Age of Firearms, A Pictorial History, Harper Bros, NY(1951) 60)C.R. Jacobs, "Official Gun Book,1 CrownPublg Co,NY(1951) 6l)Anon, "Ordnance Inspection Handbook on Ammunition Material, ... 

Note History of Bofors AB given in conf vol 3 of G.M.Chinn, KThe Machine Gun, Govt Pttg Off, Washington,DC( 1953) was not used as a source of information... 

The section CANNON, etc was reviewed by A.B.Schilling of PicArsn, Dover, NJ Refs l)W.W.Greener, "The Gun and Its Development , Cassell, Petter Co, London (1881), 17-18 27 2)Col H.W.L.Hime, "The Origin Of Artillery", Longmans, Green Co, NY (1915), 120 127 3)Marshall 1(1917), 18-19 4)Anon, "History of Trench Warfare Materiel , Army Ordnance Pamphlet(l920)(available at PicArsn Museum) 5) J.H. Wallace, "The Field Artillery Journal, March-April 1932,pp 201-5 (available at PicArsn Museum) 6)Marshall 3 (1932), 1-2 7)Hayes(1938), 153 85 7a)J.H. 

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