How Did Guns Get So Powerful?

Phil Klay writes about the history of guns and gun violence in the United States, how researchers have striven to make guns deadlier, and how gun manufacturers have deliberately crafted a national mythology in which Americanness and guns are inseparable.

Firearms History and the Technology of Gun Violence – UC Davis Library

Is the Desert Eagle 50 the world's most powerful handgun?

Eric Holder charged with contempt: How did the NRA swing the votes of so many Democrats?

The 10 Most Powerful Handguns in the World

America's rifle: Why so many people love the AR-15

10 most powerful guns in the world, IndiaTV News, World News – India TV

Analysis Decades of marketing reinvented the AR-15 into a top-selling firearm - Washington Post

Firearms History and the Technology of Gun Violence – UC Davis Library

Ghost Guns': Firearm Kits Bought Online Fuel Epidemic of Violence - The New York Times

Hands-On With the Army's New M7 Rifle and M250 Machine Gun