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"Guns and Murder: The Unlikely Story of Samuel and John Colt" Topic


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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP03 Jan 2025 4:38 p.m. PST

"Samuel Colt's name became synonymous with the firearms that he manufactured, so much so that today the name "Colt" still means "gun" to us. However, he wasn't the only Colt whose exploits became inextricably associated with death.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1814, Samuel Colt was one of seven children. He had three sisters and three brothers. One of his sisters died in childhood, another of tuberculosis at 19, and the third took her own life. His brothers fared somewhat better, as one became a textile merchant and another a lawyer. While Samuel Colt built a business empire on the manufacture of firearms, however, his third brother, John Colt, became famous as a murderer…"

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Hitman04 Jan 2025 8:04 a.m. PST

Fascinating!!

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP04 Jan 2025 3:40 p.m. PST

Happy for that…

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Personal logo Bobgnar Supporting Member of TMP04 Jan 2025 6:10 p.m. PST

"God made Man, Sam Colt made them equal"

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP05 Jan 2025 5:27 p.m. PST

(smile)


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