History can be transformed in a split second with the squeeze of a trigger. Famous assassinations of a president, pop-music icon, infamous criminal, or even the assassin himself can send shock waves through a nation and perhaps the entire world. Assassinations can have such a profound effect on those who were alive for them that they will always remember where they were and what they were doing at the moment they heard the news of the murder.
Sometimes the assassination of a famous person is for political reasons. Other times it might be revenge or greed. And there are those instances when the murder is inexplicable. Two common themes that run through the following assassinations (and almost every other one) is that they altered the course of history to some degree, and history has not yet forgotten them and likely never will.
Here are six assassinations—along with assassins and the guns they used—most of which have left people grasping for answers and sometimes crafting conspiracy theories to try to make sense of them:
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Missing from the list is the Browning Model 1910 .380 Auto that was used to assassinate Arch Duke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, Bosnia the event that triggered World War I and arguably World War II as well.
ReplyDeleteNot the best of Browning's designs. The weapon is notorious for jamming, as it did on the first attempt to kill the Duke. The hammerless design makes it easily concealable and presents no protrusions that would snag on clothing when removing it from a pocket. The problem is that once chambered, unchambering is dangerous with a spring loaded firing pin and requiring that the safety be taken off while clearing the slide. Browning farmed out all most all production to FN in Belgium. The US eventually banned its importation for all of the above reasons.
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