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  • ...ctices developed during their training of Office of Strategic Services and British Commando troops in World War II. These techniques live on in modern [[poin ...ral Dozier. At that time, US military personnel were prohibited by Italian law from carrying firearms within their areas of accommodation, which were with
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  • ...e Germans, the blunderbuss was used through the 18th century in warfare by British, Austrian, and Prussian regiments, as well as in the American colonies. ...e US military; they have also been used in subsequent conflicts by French, British, Australian, and New Zealand forces, as well as many guerrillas and insurge
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  • ... Magnum first became available in 1935 and quickly became a favorite among law enforcement and civilian users. The .357 Magnum had a slightly longer case An admirer of the old British [[double rifle]]s, Keith had numerous examples in his collection. He used t
    8 KB (1,258 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
  • ...y produced more severe wounds than the then previous .45 [[Martini-Henry]] British service round. == Law ==
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  • ... company and two main subsidiaries , FN HERSTAL, active in the Defense and Law Enforcement fields, and Browning / U.S. Repeating Arms Co., specializing in The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used
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  • ...ates the cylinder so that the next cartridge may be fired immediately. The British firearms firm Webley also made an "automatic revolver" around the turn of t ...l the First World War with the German "[[Maschinengewehr 08|Spandau]]" and British [[Lewis gun]]. Automatic weapons are largely restricted to military and par
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  • ...r competitors do. A recent agreement has been made whereby the shortlisted British Olympic pistol team for the 2012 Olympics will be granted short-term Sectio ... murder or robbery) they are unlikely to be deterred by also breaking this law. They are also highly unlikely to obtain a Firearms Certificate, so their p
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  • ...ent on the [[Bren]] LMG and on the turret-mounted aircraft machine guns of British WWII heavy bombers, which were used mostly at night. ...aws still retain certain provisions of the earlier and now defunct Federal law.
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  • ...y members of the [[Israel]]i intelligence agency, the Mossad, the CIA, the British, Chilean, Iraqi or South African government were behind the assassination.< ...ly based in the Trenton area and had moved to North Bay in 1903 to start a law firm. LaBrosse was from a family that had helped open the mining areas in t
    35 KB (5,787 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
  • ...mitted with handguns. <ref name="Kates 2003">Kates, Don B. “Guns and the Law” The World & I, October 2003, pp. 26-31</ref> Or as Carlisle Moody put it ... have the right to declare a public place a Gun Free Zone, thus preventing law-abiding citizens who are licensed to legally [[CCW|carry a weapon]], from d
    21 KB (3,173 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
  • ...ion of the [[Canadian Firearms Act]] (aka [[Bill C-68]]) in 1995, Canadian law has required that all [[firearm]] owners in [[Canada]] both have a valid fi |British Columbia ||4,419,974 ||98,728 ||113,424 ||240 ||212,392 ||4.81%
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  • Interpol often serves as an authorized law enforcement body having jurisdiction investigating allegations of internati Under [[East Timor]]ese law, only the military and police forces may legally possess, carry and use fir
    61 KB (9,398 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
  • ...against possible invaders, and sent volunteer expeditionary forces to most British wars. From this arose an enthusiastic civil marksmanship movement, a form ...ere killed with a knife, then five more with a firearm. Tasmania passed a law in 1991 for firearm purchasers to obtain a license, though enforcement was
    35 KB (5,246 words) - 21:35, 12 June 2013
  • Regardless of individual opinions, Canadian law mandates firearm ownership as being primarily for sporting or recreational ...ulation. The four most licensed provinces are Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia.<ref>[http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/facts-faits/index-eng.htm
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  • ...f>[http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,707041,00.html New gun law call as city mourns | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co.uk]</ref> ...ational-policing/HO-Firearms-Guidance.pdf?view=Binary Home Office Firearms Law: Guidance To The Police]</ref> This effectively gives a maximum three round
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  • ...me time a majority also believes that there is a need for stricter firearm law enforcement; men tend to favor gun rights while women tend to favor gun co ...s flaunted the archetypal exploits of "swaggering, cruel, wily, tough, and law-defying bootleggers and urban gangsters".<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/crim
    52 KB (7,965 words) - 21:42, 12 June 2013
  • *armories by military or law-enforcement agencies, ...isfactory function is restored. They are usually employees of military and law-enforcement institutions, and may be officers of these agencies that do the
    28 KB (4,204 words) - 14:13, 9 April 2015
  • ...[Mills bomb]], the first modern fragmentation grenade, became available to British front-line troops. The Mills bomb was developed at the Mills Munitions Fact ...ught to have had an impact fuse. It did not, but the superficially similar British stick grenade design of 1908 did.
    35 KB (5,654 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2013
  • ...to weaponry since then was the modification of the [[SA-80]] rifle for the British Army, clearing up a number of issues, and the development of the lightweigh HK is also contracted to refurbish the [[SA80]] range of weapons for the British Army, mainly because at the time the contract was put out to tender HK was
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  • ...ouble-edged like a dagger. A rather shoddily made Pakistani bayonet with a British-style bowie blade also exists, and one of the Eickhorn KCB77 variants fits ...and a muzzle energy of 2215 J. The MC51 was allegedly manufactured for the British SAS and SBS, who required a compact but powerful weapon, for situations in
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