October 22 in Firearms History

2 dates for gun owners on October 22

  • Birthday 1
  • Law or Ruling 1
  1. Birthday1805 · 221 years ago

    Jonathan Browning (Born)

    Jonathan Browning
    October 22, 1805 – June 21, 1879
    American inventor/ gunsmith

    born in Tennessee
    producing firearms independently by 1831
    living in Quincy, Illinois
    invented a "sliding breech" repeating rifle also called a Harmonica gun between 1834 and 1842

  2. Law or Ruling1968 · 58 years ago

    Gun Control Act

    Oct 22, 1968Gun Control Act
    the US Congress expanded gun ownership prohibitions
    President Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968

    #GunLaws #GunHistory
    #1968GCA

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