January 24, 2023

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Top Ten Gun Trivia Facts!

What follows are the "top ten" gun trivia facts identified by the OpenAI artificial intelligence program. In the first five days of release, this AI program had over 1 million users. We asked the program several questions. Below is the answer to the top 10 gun trivia facts... Enjoy!


1) The first firearm ever invented is the "fire lance," a gunpowder-filled tube used by the Chinese in the 10th century.

2) The first successful repeating firearm, the Henry rifle, was invented in the United States in the 1860s.

3) The first successful self-loading or semi-automatic firearm, the Borchardt C-93, was invented by Hugo Borchardt in 1893.

4) The world's first submachine gun, the MP18, was developed and used by the German military in World War I.

5) The M16, the standard rifle of the United States military, was introduced in 1964.

6) The AK-47, a widely-used assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, was introduced in 1947.

7) The M2 Browning machine gun, also known as the "Ma Deuce," is a .50 caliber machine gun that has been in use by the U.S. military since 1933.

8) The Barrett M82, also known as the "Light Fifty," is a .50 caliber sniper rifle that is capable of accurately hitting targets at distances up to 2,000 meters.

9) The Glock 17, a popular handgun, was developed in Austria in the 1980s.

10) The Desert Eagle, a large-caliber handgun, was developed by Israeli Military Industries in the 1980s.


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The Editor

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