May 19 in Firearms History

3 dates for gun owners on May 19

  • Shooting Match 1
  • Military 1
  • Law or Ruling 1
  1. Shooting Match1883 · 143 years ago

    “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s first Wild West Show

    May 19, 1883

    William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska

    launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more

    “Westward the course of empire takes its way.”

    Annie Oakley broke ground when she and her husband and manager, Frank Butler, joined Buffalo Bill early in 1885

    Lillian Smith toured as a teenager with Buffalo Bill, disappeared for a while from public view, then resurfaced in Mexican Joe’s and other Wild Wests as “Princess Wenona, the Indian Girl Shot.”

     

     

  2. Military1949 · 77 years ago

    Armed Forces Day

    pay tribute to men and women who serve in the United States’ Armed Forces
    Today is Armed Forces Day! President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country.
    The single day celebration stemmed from the unification of the Armed Forces under the Department of Defense.
    #ArmedForcesDay
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  3. Law or Ruling1986 · 40 years ago

    Firearm Owners Protection Act

    Firearm Owners Protection ActMay 19, 1986

    United States federal law that revised the Gun Control Act of 1968. - Banned the sale & manufacture of Full Auto (NFA) weapons after the date of enactment May 19, 1986 - Ended record keeping on ammunition sales
    - “Safe passage” provision allows travel with firearms through states w/ strict gun control laws
    - Forbid the U.S. Government or any agency of it, from keeping any records linking non-NFA firearms to their owners
    - Records of NICS Check are legally required to be destroyed after 24 hours

    It was NOT all bad, but the #HughesAmendment certainly was

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    #GunWebsites #FightForChange #KnowTheGunLaws #GunLaws #RepealTheNFA #FullAuto

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