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...s use [[smokeless powder]], [[cordite]], or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception of [[smoothbore]] [[shotgun]]s) have [[rifling| ...ny regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider any firearm which dispenses more than o

==Federal Firearms License regulatory reform== ...from the [[National Rifle Association]] (NRA) and certain targeted Federal firearms licensees. The gun rights movement lobbied Congress to pass the FOPA to pre

]</ref> - Ruling Congress may prohibit felons from possessing firearms: ...tive military service or training, to privately possess and bear their own firearms . . . that are suitable as personal, individual weapons."''

...allow gathering evidence in some crimes, and also allow better tracking of firearms from manufacturer to any criminal, perhaps leading to arrest(s) of [[straw ...ol]] legislation generally favor requiring ballistic imprinting on all new firearms, while groups supportive of [[Gun politics|gun rights]] and the Second Ame

...l Rifle Association]]</ref>, thus amounting to a prohibition on the use of firearms for self-defense in the home.<ref name=dc-circuit-opinion>[http://pacer.cad [[Category:American gun law]]

...opmagazine.com/articles/xd/index.html XD X-Deelicious!] Charles E. Petty ''American Cop''</ref><ref name=saamiF>[http://www.saami.org/Glossary/display.cfm?lett ...nism. Strikers are most commonly found in [[pistol]]s and [[bolt action]] firearms.<ref name=xd />

...00 flintlock muskets in service. While technologically obsolete, flintlock firearms have enjoyed a renaissance among [[black powder]] shooting enthusiasts and ...h during the Napoleonic Wars, and percussion Halls guns saw service in the American Civil War.

A '''Firearms Transaction Record''', or '''Form 4473''', is a [[United States]] governmen ...short federal affidavit stating that the purchaser is eligible to purchase firearms under federal law. Lying on this form is a felony and can be punished by up

...one to the malfunction that led to the need of the forward assist in other firearms.

...eption for the Mexicans, allowing them to enter the city limits with their firearms. [[Gus Krempkau]], an El Paso County Constable, accompanied the posse to th ...that the men would discover the cattle and return with a larger force. Two American cattle rustlers, Pervey and Fredericks, were accused of the murders of Sanc

|nationality = [[American]] ...):149-162.</ref> patterns of gun ownership,<ref>Chapter 3, Targeting Guns: Firearms and their Control. Hawthorne, N.Y.: Aldine de Gruyter</ref> why people supp

...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 The Gatling gun was first used in warfare during the American Civil War. The gun was not accepted by the Union Army until 1866, but a "s

...'ACTS & PROVE:''' a pair of [[ACTS and PROVE|acronyms used in the Canadian Firearms Safety Course]]. * '''ANSI:''' American National Standards Institute.

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...apon|automatic]] grenade launchers for ground and vehicle use, such as the American [[Mk 19]]. Capable of a relatively high rate of fire, these automatic grena * [http://world.guns.ru/grenade/gl00-e.htm Modern Firearms & Ammunition grenade launcher intro]

* [[List of bullpup firearms]] [[category:American .50 bolt-action rifles]]

...a decade ago, a Springfield, Oregon, high schooler, a hunter familiar with firearms, was able to bring an unfolding rampage to an abrupt end when he identified ... American Dream, mowed-down over an extended period of time by a lone, non-American gunman in possession of a firearm on campus in defiance of a zero-tolerance

...st armed populace]], owning 270 million of the world’s 875 million known firearms. <ref>MacInnis, Laura. “[http://www.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUSL2 ...a higher casualty count? The second issue is more prosaic, and involves an American concept of personal responsibility. Does the government and private propert

...the [[United States]], the term is used solely to identify gun [[:category:American gun rights advocates|advocates]] who are legitimate and legal owners and us ...ountry in the world where the common citizen understands both the value of firearms and the value of the [[RKBA|right of the law abiding citizen]] to be armed.

* [[National Firearms Act]] (1934) * [[Firearm Owners Protection Act|Firearms Owner's Protection Act]] (1986)