May 29 in Firearms History

5 dates for gun owners on May 29

  • Remembered 1
  • Invention 1
  • Law or Ruling 1
  • Anniversary 1
  • Military 1
  1. Remembered1914 · 112 years ago

    Paul Mauser (Died)

    Paul Mauser
    June 27, 1838 – May 29, 1914

    1889 - Germany Gewehr 98 and Karabiner 98k
    1889 - 7.65×53mm Mauser rifle cartridges
    1892 - 7×57mm Mauser rifle cartridges

  2. Invention1979 · 47 years ago

    First SHOT Show

    Jan. 19, 1979
    St. Louis SHOT Show opened its doors with 290 exhibitors occupying a total of 52,153 net square feet of exhibit space.

  3. Law or Ruling1989 · 37 years ago

    Semi Automatic Rifle Import Ban

    • Wed March 15, 1989
    • Bush Administration
    • banned imports of semiautomatic assault rifles indefinitely
    • announced by William J. Bennett, the director of national drug policy
    • requests from importers to bring in the rifles had nearly tripled those for all of 1988
    • Law enforcement officers have complained they are often outgunned by drug-traffickers and other criminals who carry high-powered weapons that fire many rounds without needing reloading.
    • Doctors and nurses in major cities have reported sharp increases in the numbers of deaths and serious wounds from such weapons
    • firearms dealers attributed the sharp jump in import-permit applications to a fear by the gun-owning public that purchase of the weapons soon would be prohibited
    • Stephen E. Higgins, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, estimated that half the owners of assault rifles are collectors.
  4. Anniversary2025 · 1 year ago

    Cannon Adopted as Second State Gun of TX

    Texas Adopts the Cannon as a Second State Gun of TX

    Texas becomes the first state with two official state guns

    May 29, 2025 (SCR 22)

    Texas cannon

    • 1st = Utah - March 16, 2011 - M1911 pistol
    • 2nd = Arizona - April 28, 2011 - Colt Single Action Army revolver
    • 3rd = Indiana - March 6, 2012 (final passage; signed March 15) - Grouseland Rifle
    • 4th = West Virginia - April 5, 2013 - Hall Model 1819 flintlock rifle
    • 5th = Kentucky - June 25, 2013 - Kentucky long rifle
    • 6th = Pennsylvania - June 26, 2014 - Pennsylvania long rifle
    • 7th = Alaska - July 2014 - Winchester Model 70 rifle
    • 8th = Tennessee - February 24, 2016 - Barrett M82 rifle
    • 9th = Arkansas - April 5, 2019 - Shotgun
    • 10th = Texas - May 24, 2021 - Colt Walker revolver
    • 11th = Missouri - July 6, 2023 - Hawken rifle
    • Texas adds a second state gun - May 29, 2025 - Cannon
    • Idaho - November 3, 2026 - Winchester Model 1873 wins an advisory vote (not yet law)

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  5. Military

    Memorial Day (Decoration Day)

    to commemorate all who have died in military service for the United States