Isnt the musket one of the first guns?   A musket is a -loaded,  , which is intended to be fired from the shoulder First evidence  Used by the  and  dynasties of  from at least the , Muskets seem to have made their first appearance in Europe in  in the 1500s.   The hand cannon (: midfa; : ), as it was called, was the first handheld portable , or .  Hand cannon: The earliest metal-barrel hand cannons dating to the 13th century are attested to by archaeological evidence from a Heilongjiang excavation as well as written evidence in the Yuanshi (1370) concerning Li Tang, an ethnic Jurchen commander under the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) who in 1288 suppressed the rebellion of the Christian prince Nayan with his gun-soldiers or chongzu, this being the earliest known event where this phrase was used  SO yes youre wrong, CHINESE fire arms CHINESE guns.  But like i said good job developing the technology further and going through a revolution and giving us what we have today. No doubt whites invented ALOT TONS, but all im saying is give credit where its due and stop underestimating east asians. This thread isn't meant to be a contest over inventions between East and West, first of all. And if it were, we all know the West wins, hands down:D That doesn't make me a White Supremacist for acknowledging an undeniable fact does it? It probably does. So anyways, you seem to have missed the point of this thread.Second of all, the pistol (handgun) was invented in Europe, I know that much, and ..this Chinese thing that the wikipedia(which is not always the most reliable source) .. I would really like to see how this musket looks. What they call a musket is probably a bamboo tube that shoots sparks. Third of all, well actually...there is no third of all.:p