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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2024, 10:07:21 AM »
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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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2024, 10:12:13 AM »
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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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2024, 10:29:24 AM »
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

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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2024, 10:42:32 AM »
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.
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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2024, 11:13:31 AM »
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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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2024, 08:59:12 PM »
The Pietta Single action from the set of ill-fated Western film "RUST"
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Re: INFAMOUS FIREARMS SERIES - The Gun that killed 20 million people
« Reply #26 on: March 06, 2024, 10:09:21 PM »
The Pietta Single action from the set of ill-fated Western film "RUST"

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