INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people

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A Manson disciple

The Colt 1911 semi-automatic .45-caliber pistol used by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in an assassination attempt on U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.

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The attempt on "the Gipper"

A .22-calibre Rohm RG-14 revolver, identical to the one used by John Hinckley Jr in the assassination attempt of US President Ronald Reagan in Washington on March 30, 1981

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The Kennedy curse.

The .22 caliber Iver-Johnson Cadet revolver used by Sirhan Sirhan in the assassination of US Democratic presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in LA, California, on June 5, 1968

* 2nd Photo from M2 collection

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I hope you have found this series interesting.
It is NOT meant to glorify these pieces of history, only to enlighten.

Evil does not exist in Guns,
Evil exists in the Hearts & Minds of those who pull the triggers for evil intent.

[Abilene]

I didn't realize Fromme used an actual 1911, not an A1.  Cool.

Sure a lot of assassinations with .22 cal.

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The Pietta Single action from the set of ill-fated Western film "RUST"

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The Pietta Single action from the set of ill-fated Western film "RUST"

"It Went Off by itself........"

No, stupid, it did not.

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Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel attended a peace rally in Tel Aviv's Kings Square on Nov. 4, 1995.
Yigal Amir, a young far-right Israeli Jew shot Rabin twice, once in the arm and once in the back. Rabin died hours later in a nearby hospital.
Amir used a Beretta 84F semi-automatic pistol loaded with a mix of regular and hollow point bullets.
Amir claimed that the prime minister wanted "to give our country to the Arabs."

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An attempted assassination was made on President Franklin Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, on the evening of Feb. 15, 1933.
Italian immigrant Giuseppe Zangara approached and fired five shots intended for the president.
Zangara missed his target and hit mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and four bystanders instead. 
The mayor died of his wounds 19 days later.
Zangara used a five-shot .32 caliber United States Revolver Company pistol.

My grandfather, grandmother, and my Mom & Dad were in attendance as Roosevelt just had given a short speech. Two of bystanders were near my folks.

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The photo's accompany these treads did make the trip in the server change...
  If there is interest, I could reinsert 

[matt45]

Not exactly sure about the pistol, but what about Gavrillo Princep's weapon?

[Hair Trigger Jim]

I enjoyed the series.  I wouldn't mind seeing them again, and I'm sure somebody else will want to see the pictures.

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Not exactly sure about the pistol, but what about Gavrillo Princep's weapon?

It was the Browning FN 1910 that Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, used to shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie, as their motorcade passed through Sarajevo, killing both the date was June 28, 1914.

1st & 2nd photos is mine #3 is Princip's

[DeaconKC]

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