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...[[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]] and H&K was acquired in 1991 by British Aerospace's Royal Ordnance division (known today as BAE Systems). *[[Mexico]]: Law enforcement agencies such as state, federal and military police as well as

...rmy's [[XM8 rifle]] project cancelled in 2005 and the modernization of the British Armed Forces [[SA80]] small arms family. ... has been tested by the [[United States]] military and is in use with some law enforcement agencies and special operations units. It has been adopted as t

...uard and army special forces. It is currently used by the armed forces and law enforcement units of over 40 different countries. The submachine guns are m [[Image:Police armed uk.jpg|thumb|right|British Authorised Firearms Officers armed with modified MP5s, with extended stocks

|nationality = American, later British ... an inventor born in the [[U.S.]] who emigrated to [[England]] and adopted British citizenship, best known as the inventor of the [[Maxim Gun]], the first por

...mmunition], W. Hays Parks, Colonel, USMC, Chief of the JAG's International Law Branch, 1985-09-23</ref> Some hunters, however, have reported good expansio ...nal in [[Dum Dum]], near Calcutta around 1890. Designs included the [[.303 British|.303" Mk III, IV & V]] and the [[.455 Webley|.455" Mk III "Manstopper"]] ca

...rganization, or group that is incorporated in the United States under U.S. law.<ref>ITAR § 120.15 http://pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/documents/offi ...e Lantern cases may be subject to civil enforcement actions or referred to law enforcement for criminal investigation.

**[[L115A1]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .338 Lapua: British Service Weapon) **[[L96A1]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: British Service Weapon)

...d under licence in Great Britain as well as a host of other locations. The British version was chambered in .303 Enfield and sported a spike-type Bipod. ====BAR in .303 British====

...MV of 920 ft/s (280 m/s); the British [[Bren]] light machine gun in [[.303 British]] reached 2,440 ft/s (740 m/s); the M1 Garand firing .30-'06 had an MV of 2 ...uch as 30 Assault Unit sponsored by the Naval Intelligence Division of the British Admiralty, which operated across the entire Allied area of operations, also

...apons for the U.S. military and those for commercial/export purposes), the British SAS uses a variant on the basic theme, the [[Diemaco C7|SFW]] built by [[Di ...serial numbered and, in the case of machine guns, registered under federal law, part of the weapon), a registered Colt M16 (much more common than an actua

...Megapixie.jpg|thumb|right|A modern image of an 1895 tripod-mounted, [[.303 British|.303]] caliber Maxim machine gun. The original Maxim of the 1880s was the f ...y an existing firearm into a fully-automatic firearm.<ref>In United States law, a Machine Gun is defined (in part) by The [[National Firearms Act]] of 193

[[File:Shoot-first-law.jpg|thumb|400px|An example of anti-[[CCW]] propaganda, published by the [[B ...arms are powerful. But they can be life saving, especially in the hands of law-abiding citizens. We shouldn’t let irrational fears blind us to the data

...an 6,500 people a day, or once every 13 seconds.<ref>''Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology'', Fall 1995</ref> Of these instances, 15.6% of the people ...des where a robbery victim was injured, the injury/defense rates were:<ref>British Home Office – not a “pro-gun” organization by any means</ref>

...ecutive that is based across Canada with its current executive residing in British Columbia (President), Newfoundland and Labrador (Vice President) and Ontari * British Columbia-Yukon
: Sheldon Clare
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...lar increased controls and thus such action builds resentment both for the law generally and for the political party in power which took such action. ...Bren gun]]s ([[Charlton Automatic Rifle]]).<ref>See Ian D. Skennerton, The British Service Lee, (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1982).</ref> Another well-know

...tion/constitution.billofrights.html#amendmentii US Constitution at Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute]</ref> Disagreement about the [[Second A ...on on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition. Nor shall any law permit the confiscation of firearms, except those actually used in the comm

...roduction of the U.S. [[M1917 Enfield rifle]], a simplified version of the British Pattern 1914, and development of the [[Pedersen Device]]. *[http://www.remingtonle.com/ Remington Law Enforcement & Federal Agencies]

...ned popular to the present day in many areas, although in the military and law enforcement they have largely been supplanted by magazine-fed [[semi-automa ...l remain popular in the role of back-up (and off-duty) guns among American law enforcement officers and security guards. Also, revolvers are still common

...6 design. The SIG Sauer P226 and its variants are in service with numerous law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.<ref name="valpolini2009"> Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft is a Swiss company and Swiss law severely restricts the export of firearms. Consequently, SIG entered into a

...cessive recoil. These cartridges, such as the [[7.92x57mm Mauser]], [[.303 British]], [[.30-06 Springfield]], and [[7.62 x 54R]] were effective to ranges of u ...s of Curio and Relic .28C.26R.29 Firearms|"Curio & Relic"]] items under US law, allowing them to be sold with features that might otherwise be restricted.