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... The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, ...e Texas Revolution, and buck and ball loads were used by both sides of the American Civil War, often by cavalry units.<ref>See main article, [[shotgun]].</ref>

! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" | [[:category:American gun law|US Gun Law]] / [[:category:gun rights|Gun Rights]] case, 2008 ...s.dll/article?AID=/20080319/METRO/323214004/1001 Court weighs right to own guns]''; [http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-a-constitutional-right-to-a-gun Cou

...auge- such as 10, 8 and 6 or even 4-[[gauge (bore diameter)|gauge]] or the guns were named by projectile weight in ounces. The projectiles were lead round ...unting in the 1800s was as much a test of the gunbearer's ability to relay guns to the hunter, and his skill on horseback in the earlier days to evade char

...teer him towards less dangerous pursuits, the young Owen was obsessed with guns; with making, modifying, and firing them. At the age of eight he began his ...kind of bolt in an old rifle. He then turned his interest to [[sub-machine guns]], making each of the prototypes himself, having learned metal and lathe wo

...ould influence post-war small arms development (particularily in the [[M60 machine gun]]) and ultimately help shape the modern [[assault rifle]] concept.<ref ...n a forward roll, did not allow for heavier equipment such as rifles and [[machine gun]]s to be safely carried during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire f

...War. Many Australian soldiers preferred the larger calibre weapon over the American [[M16 rifle|M16]] because they felt they could trust the NATO 7.62 round to After evaluating both the Spanish [[CETME]] and American Armalite [[AR-10]], the Austrian Army adopted a variant of the FAL under th

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...eavy infantry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft varia

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...achine gun”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN

...er Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]]) and [[Browning Arms Company]] (an American gun company founded by [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]]'s family). Tog In 1898 the company entered into a long lasting relationship with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]].

...ifle could still be loaded from charging strips.<ref>Cotterill, Daniel ''[[American Rifleman]]'' (November 2008) p.83</ref> ...e Factory]] adapted the action to a [[light machinegun]], the [[Huot light machine gun|Huot]], using surplus rifles. These were cheaper than the [[Lewis gun]]

(''[[automatic firearm|Fully automatic]]'', such as describing a machine gun, means that a firearm can fire multiple rounds with a single pull of th ...ecause "It was drying up supply and driving up prices. The number of those guns used in crimes dropped because they were less available."<ref name=dud>[htt

...round with a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, hav For handguns and long guns, the [[projectile]] is a [[bullet]], or in historical [[cannons]], a [[cann

...llow-up inspection. The main reason for a follow-up inspection would be if guns could not be accounted for. ==Machine gun ban (The Hughes Amendment)==

...n described as "utterly lacking in logic or precedent"<ref>Kopel, David: ''Guns in the Dock'', Liberty, Feb. 2003, pp. 31-32, 53</ref>. The court interpret ... the police and allowed a search of his premises in order to challenge the machine gun ban 922(o) on Second Amendment constitutional grounds. However, his cir

|type= Early [[machine gun]] ...m the report of Captain Lloyd, R. A., commanding a battery of four Gardner guns in the Third Burmese War.</ref>

...till, electric motors supplied external power. The gun was designed by the American inventor [[Richard Jordan Gatling|Dr. Richard J. Gatling]] in 1861 and pate ...cticut National Guard had an interest in the company manufacturing Gatling guns, and took a personally-owned Gatling gun to Saskatchewan in 1885 for use ag

...sted that they could solve their problems by firing models out of existing guns in order to gather real-world data. This was Bull's introduction to artille ...CARDE, now on the DRB's payroll, and continued working on the instrumented guns. On one of these trips, in 1953, he and a friend stopped in Charny after a

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...led budgetary discussions. The new law, which would allow civilians to own guns, sparked heated scenes in the East Timorese parliament between the parliame ...oting for work purposes, D - long guns for hunting, E - sporting guns, F - guns collecting )

...uns]] (not [[pump-action]] or semi-automatic), [[air rifles]], [[paintball guns]], and [[airsoft|airsoft/soft air rifles]] (depending on State). ...un]]s, rocket launchers, [[assault rifle]]s, [[flame-thrower]]s, anti-tank guns, Howitzers, [[artillery]], [[.50 BMG|.50-calibre BMG]] weapons, etc. (Colle