The guns, the two persons that attempted to kill Pres ford

[Mark49]

Kinda interesting news story, are those secret service holding M-1 carbines?

Squeaky Fromme.. WOW what a mess!

https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/squeaky-fromme-and-her-1911-pistol-a-whole-lot-of-crazy-in-one-tiny-package/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=20191014_BlogDigest_350&utm_campaign=/digest/squeaky-fromme-and-her-1911-pistol-a-whole-lot-of-crazy-in-one-tiny-package/

[Jess B. Guy]

Fromme

"Kinda interesting news story, are those secret service holding M-1 carbines?"

If she's going into federal court they're probably deputy Marshals.

[FalconLair]

interesting read

thanks for the post OP

[mrdd]

I remember when that happened. Is that an Army Issued M1911?

[mrdd]

She must have failed to cock the pistol.

[SkyHawk]

[Citadelgrad87]

She must have failed to cock the pistol.

Nope. I think it was loaded mag, empty chamber. Iirc, the secret service guy put his thumb web in the way of the trigger.

[SkyHawk]

She must have failed to cock the pistol.

It was cocked, the hammer fell, there were four rounds in the mag but no round in the chamber.

[mrdd]

Nope. I think it was loaded mag, empty chamber. Iirc, the secret service guy put his thumb web in the way of the trigger.

It was cocked, the hammer fell, there were four rounds in the mag but no round in the chamber.

Okay, so she cocked it, but did not cycle the slide to chamber a round. Good thing!

[mrdd]

And it does look like the gun she used was a Pre-A1 Colt.

Yes, I noticed that.

According to Colt, it was manufactured in 1914.

[SomeGuy75]

Kind of bad *** that Ford just went on to the meeting like nothing happened.