Gimme some time and maybe I'll do one around Oscar season.
I'm ALSO not doing another list that would be perfect for January 4th.
You see, that's the day that the REAL James Bond was born in 1900. American Ornithologist James Bond lent his name to Ian Fleming for a little book called Casino Royale…you won't have heard of it.
That list, too, is coming, but I'm not quite ready to write it yet.
Luckily, January 4th was a pretty eventful year in history. What I'm going to write about was inspired by an event in 1847.
It's the day that Samuel Colt sold the first revolver to the US government, starting a gun culture that doesn't seem to be letting up. I'll try to keep my own politics out of this here article…but I can't make any promises.
I do love a great movie shootout, though.
Here are just a few of my favorites:
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