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anamaxtoday at 12:08 AM1 replyview on HN

Radio, TV, cameras

That said, breech loaders were used by the British during the Revolutionary War (the Ferguson Rifle) and multiple shots from a single barrel using multiple "touch holes" was well known.

And then there's Puckle's gun.


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lazidetoday at 1:13 AM

The Gatling gun also predates any widespread gun control.

Notably, the Gatling gun is still legal almost everywhere, including California (lulz!).

If that is legal, what is the actual point of 99% if the rest of the bans, etc?

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