Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-07-28 00:45:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1D96FC0584C0248A7F6640B60228A4B8E4DEEBE885319A9D77EED3D7A2E39929
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Original Note:
https://billypenn.com/2018/02/16/a-philly-friend-of-ben-franklin-may-have-invented-one-of-the-first-semi-automatic-weapons/ Repeating firearms with “high capacities” have been around since the beginning of the United States. Not to mention the Thompson sub machinegun being around 100 years ago and other similar “assault weapons” like the Reising M50 and M1 carbine which came shortly after.
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