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...ents have, with Federal Government co-ordination, enacted more restrictive firearms legislation. ...l or floor or if it is used only for the storage of category A, B and/or C firearms, it must weigh more than 150kg.

...ty from World War 2 are thought to constitute the largest share of illegal firearms. ...s/publications/yearb2007.html] incorrectly claims there are some 3 million firearms in Finland[http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=17243&g

...ome of the strictest gun legislation in the world.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/30/britain.aus.gunban/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN - Strict new gun However, since power to legislate on firearms was reserved under the Scotland Act 1998 that re-established a Scottish Par

...acterized by stalemate between those who believe in an individual right to firearms and those who believe in the duty of government to legislate gun laws to pr ...) The Influence of Fear of Crime, Gender, and Southern Culture on Carrying Firearms for Protection. The Sociological Quarterly 31 (2) , 287–305</ref>

...volumes of hot solids and gases which can be used as a [[propellant]] in [[firearms]] and fireworks. ...s that approximated black powder in terms of chamber pressure when used in firearms, but had significantly reduced amounts of smoke and combustion products; th

|feed= 20-round detachable box [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]] ...pian Civil War, Operation Enduring Freedom/ISAF - Afghanistan, Second Gulf War

Hogan's Alley is used to teach agents investigative techniques, [[firearms]] skills, and defensive tactics. Scenarios involve investigations of terro ...g facilities dating back to the period between World War I and [[World War II]]. The first reference to a facility called "Hogan's Alley" was at the Spe

|wars= [[World War 1]] }}The '''Huot''' was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[World War I]] [[light machine gun]] project.

...mote effects of penetrating projectiles, but Frank Chamberlin, a World War II trauma surgeon and ballistics researcher, noted remote pressure wave effect ...amberlin FT, Gun Shot Wounds, in Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders, Vol. II, Ackley PO, ed., Plaza Publishing, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1966. </ref>

!rowspan=2|Event!!colspan=2|Olympics!!colspan=4|World Championships!!rowspan=2|Former names ...hough a popular Olympic event, was not added until 1933. After [[World War II]], a number of new events were introduced. After the inclusion of the airgu

|wars= Vietnam War Designed by the famous firearms designers [[John Browning]] and [[John Pedersen]], the gun was initially ma

...hine gun|M3 Grease Gun]] for the United States military during [[World War II]]. Its 12-gauge shotguns were the standard used by the Los Angeles Police D ...dustry of Tompkins County, especially during [[World War I]] and World War II,<ref name="cdshazardoushistory">O'Toole, Molly (November 28, 2007). "[http:

|products= [[Firearms]] ...in Worcester, MA, but it also included providing designs and work to other firearms companies (notable Allen & Wheelock for whom he made so-called "[[pepperbox

|products= Numerous defense products and [[firearms]] ... the war effort. After the end of [[World War II]] it continued producing firearms, both military and hunting, and later on expanded to high-tech weapons and

...rine Lieutenant Colonel who served in both [[World War II]] and the Korean War resigning his commission in [[1956]]. He received a bachelor's degree in po ...ilians and did on-site training for individuals and groups around the Free World. He sold the firm in 1992 but continued living on the Paulden ranch. He was

...artridges]], and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is the most important figure in the development of modern [[Automatic f ...rearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of autoloading firearms. He developed the autoloading pistol by inventing the [[pistol slide|slide]

... and Their Use''s. He was also a pioneer in the forensic identification of firearms and their ammunition. Hatcher retired from the United States Army as a Maj ...mmandant of the Ordnance School before and at the beginning of [[World War II]], he worked closely with [[Springfield Armory]] as an engineering trouble-

...ery first breech loaders adopted for use by an armed force anywhere in the world. A single shot [[black powder]] rifle, the ''kammerlader'' was operated wit ...hroughout its army and navy. Though [[United States]] was the first in the world with [[M1819 Hall rifle]]. The ''kammerladers'' were manufactured in severa

..., Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, Yugoslav wars, Romanian Civil War, Iraq War, current regional conflicts. ...sights.<ref>Bishop, Chris (1998), The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, New York: Orbis Publiishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7607-1022-8.</ref>

[[Image:Khyberpassrifles.jpg|thumb|240px|Copies of British Martini and Snider firearms built in the Khyber region]][[Image:Webleypocket.jpg|thumb|240px|Copy of We ...ea has long had a reputation for producing unlicenced, home-made copies of firearms using whatever materials are available - more often than not, railway rails