February 28 in Firearms History

4 dates for gun owners on February 28

  • Remembered 1
  • Birthday 1
  • Gun Control Atrocity 1
  • Law or Ruling 1
  1. Remembered1868 · 158 years ago

    Henry Deringer (Died)

    Henry Deringer
    October 26, 1786 – February 28, 1868

    USA

    • Derringer Pistol 1825

  2. Birthday1885 · 141 years ago

    William Fairbairn – Born

    William E. Fairbairn
    February 28, 1885 – June 20, 1960

    • 1901 - British Royal Marine
    • Police Officer
    • 1907 - Shanghai Police during the interwar period
    • 1941 - Trained allied special forces during World War II
    • Received the U.S. Legion of Merit (Officer grade)
      at the request of OSS-founder "Wild Bill" Donovan
    • 1951 - Firearms Instructor

    Developed hand-to-hand combat methods
    1926 - Created his own fighting system known as Defendu
    included innovative pistol shooting techniques

     

    1941 - Developed the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

  3. Gun Control Atrocity1993 · 33 years ago

    Waco Siege

    Waco Siege
    February 28 and April 19, 1993

    The raid & 51 day siege of a compound of the Branch Davidians, carried out by Federal and Texas State Law Enforcement and U.S. military

    4 ATF agents killed, 16 wounded.
    6 Branch Davidians killed on February 28. 76 killed on April 19.
    Total: 82 killed

    #2AHistory

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  4. Law or Ruling1994 · 32 years ago

    Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

    Feb 28, 1994 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
    Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect.

    It amended the #1968GCA and imposed a 5-day waiting period for handgun purchases (now gone)

    Required a new National Instant Criminal Background Check System
    What has this done to prevent crime? "They" create it, they see it's failure and they demand MORE infringement.... #NICS#BradyBill #GunControl

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