The 25-Barrel Gun That Missed the King

One man built a gun with twenty-five barrels… to kill a king. In 1835,

during a public parade in France, an anarchist prepared an unthinkable weapon. From a second-story

window, he mounted a handmade gun with twenty-five barrels—loaded with over four hundred

bullets. As King Louis rode past, the trigger was pulled.

Smoke exploded. Bullets tore through the crowd. Eighteen people were killed.

Soldiers and civilians collapsed. But the king survived—untouched. The recoil shattered

the attacker’s arms. He was captured on the spot… and later executed.