1364 - First recorded use of a firearm. 1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch ...

The New Yorker "Serious, groundbreaking biological studies of human history only seem to come along once every generation or so. . . . Now [Guns, Germs and Steel] must be added to their select ...

A new documentary from FRONTLINE, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public investigates the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history — when ... Maine’s unique gun laws and details the ...

A new documentary from FRONTLINE, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public investigates the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history – when ... Maine’s unique gun laws and details the ...