The Bowie Knife was made famous on September 19, 1827, during an epic knife and gun fight that followed a formal duel on a Mississippi River sandbar near Natchez, Mississippi.

Bowie knives, swords, spears, daggers and machetes, all of which have been illegal to carry in Texas for years, will be back on the streets beginning Sept. 1.

From the Bowie knife to the Tommy Gun, the U.S. has long regulated weapons while preserving gun rights. What's gone wrong?

Bowie knives, swords, spears, daggers and machetes, all of which have been illegal to carry in Texas for years, will be back on the streets beginning on September 1, 2017.