January 8 in Firearms History

3 dates for gun owners on January 8

  • Birthday 1
  • Gun Control Atrocity 1
  • Remembered 1
  1. Birthday1935 · 91 years ago

    Elvis Aaron Presley (Born 1935)

    Elvis Aaron Presley
    January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977
    American singer, regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century

    Elvis had a collection of 37 handguns, an unknown number of rifles and one machine gun.

    Elvis famously presented Richard Nixon with a commemorative Colt .45

    #TCB
    #TakingCareOfBusiness

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  2. Gun Control Atrocity2011 · 15 years ago

    Tucson Shopping Center Attack

    Attack on Judge John Roll at Tucson Shopping Center
    January 8, 2011

    6 people were killed including U.S. District Judge John Roll, (who had originally declared the Brady Act unconstitutional)

    and many injured at a gathering for Representative Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson parking lot

    Magazines & Political Debate were blamed

    • What do you remember from 2011?
    • What outcomes resulted from this event?
    • Think there were none, because you don't think about them?

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  3. Remembered

    David “Carbine” Marshall Williams (died)

    David “Carbine” Marshall Williams
    Nov 13, 1900 – Jan 8, 1975

    floating chamber and the short-stroke piston

    Colt Manufacturing Company, U.S. Ordnance Department, Remington Arms, Winchester Repeating Arms