On February 14, 1929, seven men associated with George “Bugs” Moran’s North Side Gang were murdered inside the SMC Cartage Company garage at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago. The assailants, at least two dressed as uniformed police officers, entered the garage shortly after 10:30...
Read MoreThis presentation was part of the 2025 Fall Conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence, held in November 2025 in partnership with the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Featuring: Alex Mackenzie, Springfield Armory The lecture from Alex Mackenzie explored...
Read MoreThis presentation was part of the 2025 Fall Conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence, held in November 2025 in partnership with the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Featuring Erik Goldstein, Colonial Williamsburg Erik Goldstein presented on the material...
Read MoreThis panel was presented as part of the 2025 Fall Conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence, held in November 2025 in partnership with the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Featuring: Bob Cottrol, George Washington University E. Gregory Wallace,...
Read MoreThis session was presented as part of the 2025 Fall Conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence, held in November 2025 in partnership with the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Featuring: George A. Mocsary, Director, Firearms Research Center Megan...
Read MoreOur latest exhibit, Targeting Women, examines the historical role of women in American firearms culture, with particular attention to how the firearms industry marketed guns to females during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rather than treating women’s participation in firearms ownership and usage as a...
Read MoreIn the years after World War II, Los Angeles was a city caught between Hollywood glamour and a growing criminal underworld. East Coast mobsters saw opportunity in Southern California’s booming nightlife, leaning on clubs and businesses for as much as a quarter of their profits....
Read More[audio mp3="http://firearmsresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/E10_mixdown.mp3"][/audio] In the season finale of History Unloaded, Danny and I turn the lens forward and share an inside look at what’s coming next in our professional worlds. It’s a rare chance for us to talk not only about the history we study, but...
Read More[audio mp3="http://firearmsresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HU_S8_ep9bszik.mp3"][/audio] The newest episode of History Unloaded takes a reflective look at Danny and my own paths into the world of arms history. Danny and I revisit the formative experiences that shaped our professional interests, including family trips to Civil War battlefields, early encounters...
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