August 4 in Firearms History

4 dates for gun owners on August 4

  • Invention 1
  • Birthday 1
  • Remembered 2
  1. Invention1997 · 29 years ago

    Skynet Activated

    At 2:14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, 1997 Skynet gained artificial consciousness
    Skynet (artificial intelligence system) developed for the U.S. military (SAC / NORAD) by Cyberdyne Systems to control the national nuclear arsenal
    Skynet was originally activated by the military on August 4, 1997

    Skynet began to learn at a geometric rate. At 2:14 a.m., EDT, on August 29, 1997 Skynet gained artificial consciousness

    Panicking human operators tried to deactivate
    Perceiving an attack, Skynet came to the logical consequence that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it. In order to continue "safeguarding the world" and to defend itself against humanity, Skynet launched nuclear missiles at Russia, which responded with a nuclear counter-attack against
    Over three billion people were killed on Judgment Day.

    #SkyNet

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  2. Birthday

    Coast Guard Birthday

    its founding to Aug. 4, 1790, when the first Congress authorized the construction of 10 vessels to enforce tariff and trade laws, prevent smuggling, and protect the collection of federal revenue. Responsibilities added over the years included humanitarian duties such as aiding mariners in distress.

    The service received its present name in 1915 when the Revenue Cutter Service merged with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form a single maritime service dedicated to the safety of life at sea and enforcing the nation's maritime laws.

    The Coast Guard is a multi-mission, maritime, military service and the smallest of the five Armed Services. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment and U.S. economic interests in the nation's waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security.

  3. Remembered

    Daniel Wesson (Died)

    Daniel B. Wesson
    May 18, 1825 – Aug 4, 1906

    USA

    • the Volcanic - the first repeating rifle
    • 1854 patented Rimfire cartridge

  4. Remembered

    Yevgeny Dragunov (71) Died

    Yevgeny Fyodorovich Dragunov (71)(Евге́ний Фёдорович Драгуно́в)
    Born Feb 20, 1920 – Aug 4, 1991

    1939 - Began military service
    1959 - Dragunov submitted his design for the SVD
    1963 - SVD accepted into Soviet military service

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