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In 1791, when the Second Amendment was adopted, the state-of-the-art firearm was a flintlock musket firing paper cartridges loaded with gunpowder and a lead ball. Given the laborious loading ...

Ever since the 13 colonies gathered enough gumption to form a union, U.S. soldiers have carried an evolving range of weapons, from flintlocks pistols to lever actions to assault rifles. The American ...

William Antes was born in a mill by the Swamp Creek into the venerable Henry Antes family on Sept. 21, 1731. He was baptized Nov. 21, 1731 at the Falkner Swamp German Reformed Church which his family ...