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Bacon_Pancakes
04/22/18 2:18:59 PM
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...all guns shoot?
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DrunkCaveman
04/22/18 2:24:35 PM
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https://www.etymonline.com/word/shotgun

It's because it fired "shot," which was pellets of lead, instead of bullets which were fired by "rifles."
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jramirez23
04/22/18 2:29:48 PM
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Yeah, because they can shoot birdshot.
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wwinterj25
04/22/18 3:10:57 PM
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.... because shootguns sounds dumb.
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mooreandrew58
04/22/18 5:43:35 PM
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at one time didn't people call them scatter guns or is my memory just wrong? scatter guns does sound like a better name in the descriptive sense of things.
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