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Delaware Firearms History: The First State's Gun Culture, DuPont, and Modern Law

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Gunpowder doesn't get much respect in modern shooting conversations — it's all terminal ballistics and optics now — but the stuff that made every round of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and westward expansion actually function came largely out of one stretch of creek in northern Delaware. That's not a small thing. Everyone understood that powder was the actual bottleneck of armed resistance. Think about that the next time you're stocking primers and powder before a match or hunting s...

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Delaware Firearms History: The First State's Gun Culture, DuPont, and Modern Law

Delaware is easy to overlook in firearms history. It's the second-smallest state, has no major rifle manufacturer, and its modern gun laws put it firmly in the restrictive Northeast camp. But dismissing Delaware means missing one of the most conseque

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