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<big>'''[[AK-47|The Soviet AK-47 assault rifle]]'''</big><br/>
[[Image:AK-47 type II Part DM-ST-89-01131.jpg|left|200px]]Few, if any, would dare argue that the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda'', more commonly known in the Western world as the "'''AK-47'''," is anything but the most famous and recognizable [[assault rifle]] ever designed.  It was the brainchild of Soviet sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov, who began his career as a weapon designer while in a hospital after being wounded during the Battle of Bryansk.

Like the Nazi German [[Sturmgewehr 44]], the AK-47 was designed around the thinking that the vast majority of infantry combat would take place at ranges of under 300 yards.  It is therefore chambered for the lower-powered, but still impressive, [[7.62x39mm Soviet]] [[cartridge]].

Its true fame, however, comes from its legendary reliability.  It has been said that it would still fire after being run over by a tank, and that when the end of the world comes, all that will be left are cockroaches and AK-47s.  Surprisingly few would disagree.

''[[AK-47|(click here to read more about the AK-47)]]''</option>
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<big>'''[[John Browning]]'''</big><br/>
[[Image:JohnBrowning.jpeg|left|150px]]Born in the cold of the Utah winter in January of 1855, few in his devout Mormon family would have suspected that the young John Moses Browning would grow up to be one of the most famous [[gunsmiths]] and [[firearms]] designers in American history.  His works for [[Browning Arms Company|his own company]], as well as [[Winchester]], [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]], [[Remington]], [[Savage Arms|Savage]], and [[Fabrique Nationale]] made him arguably as famous as even the legendary [[Sam Colt]].

To this day, many of his designs remain in popular use, both with civilians as well as military and law enforcement agencies.  The [[Browning Superposed]] remains a trapshooter's favourite, the [[M1911 pistol]] still commands admiration amongst [[handgun]] enthusiasts and the [[Browning M2]] [[heavy machine gun]] is currently the longest-serving [[machine gun]] in military history, being in service since 1921.

''[[John Moses Browning|(click here to read more about John Browning)]]''</option>
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<big>'''[[Magic bullet|The Magic Bullet]]'''</big><br/>
[[Image:CE399side.jpg|left|200px]]Actor Kevin Costner, portraying New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison in the film "''JFK''," summed it up succinctly:
:''"Never in the history of gunfire has there been a [[bullet]] this ridiculous."''
Ever since the assassination of John F. Kennedy the question has lingered: how could just one bullet possibly traverse 15 layers of clothing, 7 layers of skin, approximately 15 inches of tissue and a necktie knot, remove 4 inches of rib, and shatter a radius bone?  Simply preposterous, right?

A Discovery Channel special "''Unsolved History: JFK — Beyond the Magic Bullet''", attempted to replicate the conditions of that day. The participants set up blocks of [[ballistics gel]] with a substance similar to human bone inside. Next, two mannequin figures made of [[ballistic]] anatomical substances (animal skin, gelatin, and interior bone-like cast) were set up in the exact relative position of JFK and Connally. A [[marksman]], from a distance equal to that of the sixth floor of the Book Depository building, fired the same [[rifle]] model found in the Book Depository, using a round from the same batch of "Western Case Cartridge Company" [[6.5x52 mm]] [[ammunition]] purchased with the surplus [[Carcano]] weapon in early 1963.

The results were astounding.

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<big>'''[[District of Columbia, et al. v. Dick Anthony Heller]]'''</big><br/>
[[Image:Dick Heller.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Dick Heller outside the US Supreme Court House.]]There can be little doubt that the case of the District of Columbia v. Dick Heller is, and will remain for some time, the most important SCOTUS ruling on the subject of [[gun rights]] in [[American]] history.

"Gun control" advocates had long argued that the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution]] was a state right and not an individual one, but in this landmark legal case, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment protects an '''individual's right''' to possess a [[firearm]] for private use. 

For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court of United States directly addressed whether the right to keep and bear arms is a right of individuals or a collective right that applies only to state-regulated militias.

To the dismay of gun-grabbers across the nation, the Court found in favour of the side of true rights, liberty, and the individual.

''[[District of Columbia v. Heller|(click here to read more about the case of District of Columbia v. Heller)]]''</option></choose>