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The first guns were cannons. The first hand cannon was used in battles during the reign of Edward lll in 1364. In 1424 the first mechanical device for firing the hand gun was invented
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As a more efficient means of launching projectiles.
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Originally, gunpowder was used in Chinese weapons called fire lances. They were bamboo tubes filled with powder which was lit to shoot out flames and sparks to burn and scare the
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A man named Robert Shepard invented the first paint ball gun. He was working for a paint company at the time. Previous to the invention of the gun people used forestry markers to
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