Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-03-25 15:54:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0EBEAA230151EF86DD7BF17F6A2E78BEA333E136A1461772806E11B1D5D041C6
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Original Note:
This tweeter's claims are wrong. Shooting clubs at schools were big in NY as early as the 1940s (many in MI today) https://nypost.com/2018/03/31/when-toting-guns-in-high-school-was-cool/ Hollow points invented around 1890 https://www.wideners.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-ammo/ 9mm semiautomatic pistol was used in WWII https://www.ssusa.org/content/history-of-the-first-semi-automatic-pistols/ Amaralite Rifle (AR-15) came into production in 1959 https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/terminology/types-of-firearms/
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