January 4 in Firearms History

2 dates for gun owners on January 4

  • Birthday 1
  • Law or Ruling 1
  1. Birthday1888 · 138 years ago

    George Hyde (born)

    George Hyde
    January 4, 1888 – December 1963

    1935 - co-owner of Leonard & Hydrnr
    WWII - chief gun designer for the Inland Division of General Motors (GM)

     Guns

    • Model 33, prototype - Submachine Gun
    • Aug 4, 1936.- Model 35, a prototype Submachine Gun
    • 1941 - Bendix Hyde carbine
    • Feb, 1941 - M2 Hyde - Submachine Gun
    • May 1942 - FP-45 Liberator pistol
    • Dec 12, 1942 - M3 grease gun

     

  2. Law or Ruling

    Presser v. Illinois – Decided

    Presser v. Illinois - Decided
    116 U.S. 252 [1886]

    Jan 4, 1886

    Supreme Court Case the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution limited only the power of Congress and the national government to control firearms, not that of the states

    the Court reaffirmed its 1876 decision in Cruikshank that the Second Amendment acts as a limitation upon only the federal government and not the states

    The case is Presser v. Illinois the constitutionality of a particular gun control; a ban on parading a privately-formed, armed group down public streets