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In 1517 and 1518, the first [[gun control]] laws banning the wheellock were proclaimed by the Emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]], initially in Austria and later throughout the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Several Italian states followed suit in the 1520s and 1530s, another argument used by the pro-German camp.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
 
As Lisa Jardine<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jardine|first=Lisa|title=The Awful End of William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State With A Handgun|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2005|location=London|pages= |url= |doi= |id= |isbn=0007192576}}</ref> relates in her account of the assassination of [[William the Silent]] of the Netherlands, in 1584, the small size, ease of concealment and user-friendly loading aspect of the wheellock, compared to more arduous hand-held weapons, meant that it was used for the killing of public figures, such as [[Francis, Duke of Guise]] and William himself. Jardine also argues that a stray wheellock pistol shot may have been responsible for the [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]] of French [[Huguenots]] in 1572.{{Citation needed|date=December 2015}}
 
Wheellock pistols were used a lot during the Thirty Years War(1618-1648) on both sides for cavalry and officiers. Around 1650 the flintlock began to replace the wheellock as it was cheaper and easier to use than the wheellock.
 
Wheel-lock firearms were never mass-produced for military purposes, but the best preserved armoury collection at the [[Landeszeughaus]] in [[Graz]], Austria, contains over 3,000 examples, many of which were produced in small batches for military units.<ref>
{{Cite book|last=Brooker|first=Robert|authorlink= |title=Landeszeughaus Graz, Austria: Wheellock Collection|publisher= |year= 2007|location= |pages=736|isbn= }}</ref>
 
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