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We have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member of congress here, Gaby Giffords who will give a brief...

Student, and she marched in the inaugural parade last week. I can point to one gun store, one store in illinois that account for more than 20 of the crimes in chicago. Straw purchasers buy the gun there and they end up in the hands of criminals in the city of chicago. We have to put an end to this im going to ask a question to the panelists. Mr. Lapierre, i ran into some of your members in illinois and they tell me, you cannot get the Second Amendment. It is not just about hunting. It is not just about sports. It is not just about shooting targets. It is not just about defending ourselves from...

Gun ownership works and the nra has a long and proud history of doing exactly that. Our eddie eagle Child Safety Program has it out 25 million Young Children that if they see a gun, they should do four things. Stop, dont touch it, leave the area and call an adult. As a result of this and other private sector programs, fatal firearms accidents are at the lowest level in a hundred years. The nra has over 80,000 certified instructors who teach our military personnel, Law Enforcement officers, and hundreds of thousands of other american men and women how to safely use firearms. We do more and spen...

The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova, was developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov and first produced in 1948. Its design was influenced by the harsh conditions of the Eastern Front during World War II, which necessitated a reliable, rugged, and easy-to-manufacture firearm.

Europe’s oldest cannon has been discovered off Marstrand shore in Sweden, unveiling a chapter of early artillery evolution and the history of maritime warfare.