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Some of the biggest mechanical breakthroughs came in the 16th century, many building off one another in unexpected ways: European locksmiths, clockmakers and even gunsmiths used their new techniques to create luxe artificial limbs.
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Heidi Hausse, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Another neighbor Douglas Reed, 82, worked as a gunsmith at a local gun shop.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
Rhodes said the Supreme Court’s ruling last year, which is considered an expansion of gun rights, reinforces their case in Colorado, pointing to a long history in America of citizens being their own gunsmiths.
—Jesse Bedayn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
Prosecutors said Trejo took a .357 from an acquaintance before the shooting, and afterward asked the acquaintance — a gunsmith — to change the barrel.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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Heidi Hausse, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Another neighbor Douglas Reed, 82, worked as a gunsmith at a local gun shop.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
Rhodes said the Supreme Court’s ruling last year, which is considered an expansion of gun rights, reinforces their case in Colorado, pointing to a long history in America of citizens being their own gunsmiths.
—Jesse Bedayn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
Prosecutors said Trejo took a .357 from an acquaintance before the shooting, and afterward asked the acquaintance — a gunsmith — to change the barrel.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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“Gunsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunsmith. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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gunsmith
noun
gun·smith
-ˌsmith 
: one who makes or repairs firearms
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