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1798 G. F. Koehler tr. C. de Warnery Remarks on Cavalry i. 15 Frederick abolished all fire-arm exercise [Fr. maniement des armes] on horseback.

1837 W. J. Neale Gentleman Jack II. xxii. 266 In the fore and main-top, were stationed the best fire-arm men, with particular and most positive orders not to fire in-board.

1853 G. S. Measom Official Illustr. Guide South-eastern Railway 134 Those persons who are unacquainted with the operations of fire-arm manufacture.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1037/2 Gun-lock Hammer, the cock or striker of a fire-arm lock.

1928 Decatur (Illinois) Evening Herald 14 Nov. 6/3 In 1925 the firearm industry produced but $15,000,000 worth of pistols, rifles and shotguns.

1937 Life 26 July 23/2 They had heard that German-Americans, ‘undoubtedly Nazis’, were regularly engaging in uniformed parades, firearm practice, mounted drill.

1941 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 5 Feb. 24/1 A joint bill which would make firearm owners report to local police the number of guns and rounds of ammunition in their possession.

1967 Harvard Law Rev. 80 1329 The sponsors intended that the law eliminate firearm sales to criminals without restricting or inconveniencing the law-abiding citizen.

1976 Evening Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 2 July 29/1 Despite her objections, the 29-year-old hunter and firearm enthusiast pursued his favorite hobby.

1996 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Oct. 3 If you own a valid firearm certificate you will still be able to keep a shotgun or rifle in the home.

2007 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 18 Feb. a11 Mere firearm ownership does not turn one into a drooling, raving madman.