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Smith & Wesson

Manufacturer of firearms and BB guns in the United States

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Nov 25, 2025
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How did ballistics and forensic evidence connect Oswald’s revolver to the Tippit murder?

Ballistics evidence in official reporting concluded that the four .38-caliber cartridge cases found at the Tippit scene were fired from the Smith & Wesson revolver in Lee Harvey Oswald’s possession "t...

Nov 28, 2025
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Did the guardsman who died in DC carry a gun

Available reporting says one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot near the White House exchanged fire with the attacker, but news outlets differ or are cautious about explicitly statin...

Nov 30, 2025
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How do FBI firearms standards compare to those of local police, federal partners (ATF, DEA), and military units?

The FBI maintains specialized, evolving firearms qualifications and technical standards — including a written qualification course that covers 3–25 meters and revised targets — and has a reference fir...

Feb 5, 2026

Who purchased and stored the rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse, and what were the legal consequences for that person?

bought on May 1, 2020, paying for it with money from Rittenhouse, and arranged for it to be stored at his stepfather’s house before the August shootings in Kenosha . Prosecutors initially charged Blac...

Jan 14, 2026

Were any small-caliber handgun projectiles found among JFK's wounds or in the vehicle?

The official forensic record tied the rounds that struck President John F. Kennedy to 6.5×52mm Carcano ammunition, recovered as a largely intact “stretcher bullet” and numerous small fragments consist...