The Effectiveness of Gun Control

Salem, Ore. (1902)

6/9/1902: Three inmates at the prison, using rifle and pistol, killing three guards as they escaped.  An inmate with a life sentence was wounding trying to save their lives.

Category: private

Suicide: no

Cause: resisting arrest

Weapon: rifle, pistol[1]

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[1] “Escaping Prisoners Murder Three Guards," Washington [D.C.] Times, Jun. 10, 1902, 1.

Jefferson City, Mo. (1905)

11/24/1905: Four convicts attempted to escape the prison using pistols and a bottle of nitroglycerin.  Two prison employees and one prisoner died in the ensuing gunfight.  The gunfight also wounded two more prisoners and another prison guard.

Category: workplace

Suicide: no

Cause: resisting arrest

Weapon: pistols[1]

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[1] "Desperate Jail Break," Adams County [Wash.] News, Nov. 29, 1905, 1.

Angola, La. (1906)

6/20/1906: Three life sentence inmates attempted to escape the Angola state prison.  One inmate had a firearm, and another inmate took one from a guard; guards shot to death the three inmates.  One guard was “perhaps fatally wounded in the exchange.”

Category: workplace

Suicide: no

Cause: resisting arrest

Weapon: firearm[1]

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[1] "Guards and Convicts in Desperate Battle," Morning Astorian [Ore.], Jun. 21, 1906, 1.