GUN, a general term for a
weapon, tubular in form, from which a projectile
is discharged by means of an explosive.
.^ Obviously I'm comparing it to using guns, and not seeing anywhere near the same downside."- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Obviously I'm comparing it to using guns, and not seeing anywhere near the same downside.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Those terms are used to identify persons who have a genetic defect, Downs Syndrome, and they are doing the best they can with what they have.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ Web sites now advertise overnight UPS delivery of the clips, which carry up to 40 rounds for both semi-automatic rifles, including 9mm pistols, and handguns.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This odd Drakel firearm can be used as a sword or a gun, and can power up if you use SP! Click the bayonet to switch between shooting and swinging this weapon, and click the barrel of the gun to spend SP to boost your accuracy, damage, or BOTH! .- AQ Weapon List 21 January 2010 19:26 UTC www.battleon.com [Source type: General]
^ You will find gun crime to be lower than in Cities like NY where it is impossible for an average citizen to carry a weapon.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
The origin of the word, which in Mid.
Eng. is
gonne or
gunne, is obscure, but it has
been suggested by Professor W. W. Skeat that it conceals a female
name,
Gunnilde or
Gunhilda. The names,
e.g. Mons Meg at
Edinburgh Castle and
faule Grete (heavy Peg),
known to readers of Carlyle's
Frederick the Great, will be familiar
parallelGunne " would be a shortened " pet name " of Gunnhilde. The
New English Dictionary finds support for the suggestion in
the fact that Old Norwegian
gunne and
hilde both
mean " war," and quotes an
inventory of war material at
Windsor Castle in 1330 -1331,
where is mentioned " una magna balista de cornu quae vocatur Domina
Gunilda." Another suggestion for the origin of the word is that the
word represents a shortened form,
gonne, of a supposed
French
mangonne, a mangonel, but the French word is
mangonneau. Firearms are said to have been first used in
European warfare in the 14th century. The hand gun (see fig. 1)
came into practical use in 1446 and was of very rude construction.
.^ The founders put the right to bear arms at number 2 on the top ten list for a reason.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
n
gonne was about to -="4" .? _- ,?, v be fired. A similar weapon
(see fig. 2) was FIG. 1. - Hand Gun.
also used by the
horse-soldier, with a ring at the end of the
stock, by which it was suspended by a
cord round the neck; a forked rest, fitted by a
ring to the saddlebow, served to steady the gun. This rest, when
not in use, hung down in front of the right
leg. A
match was
made of
cotton or
hemp spun slack, and boiled in a
strong solution of
saltpetre or in the lees of
wine. The touch-hole was first placed on the top
of the
barrel, but afterwards
at the side, with a small
pan
underneath to hold the priming, and guarded by a cover moving on a
pivot.
An improvement in firearms took place in the first year of the
reign of
Henry VII., or
at the close of
Edward
IV., by fixing a cock (Fr.
serpentine) on the hand gun to hold the
match, which was brought down to the priming by a trigger, whence
the term matchlock. This weapon is still in use among the Chinese,
Tatars, Sikhs, Persians and
Turks. An improvement in the stock
was also made during this period by forming it with a wide
butt end to be placed against the
right
breast. Subsequently the
stock was bent, a German invention, and the arm was called a
hackbutt or hagbut, and the smaller variety a demihague. The
arquebus and hackbutt were
about a yard in length, including barrel and stock, and the
demihague was about half the size and weight, the forerunner of the
pistol. The arquebus was the
standard
infantry firearm
in
Europe from the battle of
Pavia to the introduction of the
heavier and more powerful
musket. It did not as a rule require a rest, as
did the musket. The
wheel-
lock, an 1mprOvement From General
Hardy de Perini's
Turenne et Conde r626-1675. on the matchFIG. 3. -
Musketeer, 1626. lock, was in vented in
Nuremberg in 1517; was first used at the
siege of
Parma in 1521; was brought to
England in 1S30, and continued in partial use
there until the time of
Charles II. This wheel-lock consisted of a
fluted or grooved
steel wheel which protruded into the
priming pan, and was connected with a strong spring. The cock, also
regulated by a spring, was fitted with a piece of iron
pyrites. In order to discharge
the gun the FIG. 2. - MountedMan with Hand Gun.
lock was
wound up by a
key, the cock was let down on the
priming pan, the pyrites resting on the wheel; on the trigger being
pressed the wheel was released and rapidly revolved, emitting
sparks, which ignited the
powder in the pan. The complicated and expensive
nature of this lock, with its liability to injury, no doubt
prevented its general adoption.
About 1540 the Spaniards constructed a larger and heavier
firearm (matchlock), carrying a
ball of 10 to the
pound, called a musket.
.^ That are called into situations where they may need to use the weapons in the performance of their duties.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If the you are attacked and are able to immediately overcome the shock of the surprise and somehow get your weapon into a firing position before the attackers uses whatever weapon they have, then you just might be saved.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
The snaphance was
invented about this period in
Germany, and from its comparative cheapness was
much used in England,
France
and
Holland. It held a
flint instead of the pyrites of the
wheel or firelock, which ignited the powder in the pan by striking
on a piece of furrowed steel, when released by the trigger, and
emitting sparks.
.^ Then, they used the lists of registered gun owners to go around and confiscate the firearms.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That are called into situations where they may need to use the weapons in the performance of their duties.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That being said, most Gun collectors are not looking for high powered Automatic or Semi Automatic weapons.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
Before
that period the longbow in England and the crossbow on the
Continent were the usual weapons of the chase. In Great
Britain little use appears to
have been made of firearms for game
shooting until the latter half of the 17th
century, and the arms then used for the purpose were entirely of
foreign make.
The French gunmakers of St-Etienne claim for their town that it
is the oldest centre of the firearms industry. They do not appear
to have made more than the barrels of the finest sporting arms, and
these even were sometimes made in
Paris. The production of firearms by the artists
of Paris reached its
zenith
about the middle of the 17th century. The
Italian, German, Spanish and
Russian gunsmiths also showed great skill in
the elegance and design of their firearms, the Spaniards in
particular being makers of fine barrels. The pistol (q.v.) is
understood to have been made for the first time about 1540 at
Pistoia in Italy. About 1635
the modern firelock or flint-lock was invented, which only differed
from the snaphance by the cover of the pan forming part of the
furrowed steel struck by the flint. Originally the priming was put
into the pan from a
flask
containing a fine-grained powder called serpentine powder. Later
the top of the
cartridge
was bitten off and the pan filled therefrom before loading. The
mechanism of the flint-lock musket rendered all this unnecessary,
as, in loading, a portion of the charge passed through the vent
into the pan, where it was held by the cover or
hammer.
.^ By the way, your little fire arms won't be of much use against a government that sold Sadam Hussein the chemical weapons he used to kill the Kurds.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That are called into situations where they may need to use the weapons in the performance of their duties.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ By the way, I will vote against any change -- like a previous writer, I carried a weapon for 28 years in the Army -- who are you to tell me I'm unfit to carry one now?- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
This was the famous "
Brown Bess " of the
British army. The highest development of the flint-lock is found in
the fowling-pieces of the end of the r8th and beginning of the 9th
centuries, particularly those made by Joseph Manton, the celebrated
English gunsmith and inventor. The Napoleonic wars afforded English
gunmakers an opportunity, which they fully utilized, of gaining the
supremacy over their foreign competitors in the gunmaking trade.
.^ The trigger lock makes it MORE LIKELY that the gun will accidentally discharge, because it disables the safety mechanism.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ You also, all too conveniently, forget the 25 percent or so of Democrats who enjoy shooting sports and oppose gun control laws.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If you want to own a gun for target shooting, then it has to be kept at the shooting range.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
This transference of the
gunmaking craft from the Continent to England was also assisted by
the tyranny of the foreign gunmaking
gilds. In 1637 the
London gunmakers obtained their charter of
incorporation. The
important gunmaking industry of
Birmingham dates from 1603, and soon
rivalled that of London. Double shotguns do not appear to have been
generally used until the r 9th century.
.^ Aliens increasingly drive the American crime problem: about one third of California's prison population is first- or second-generation immigrant, as is 29% of the federal prison population.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Would that be Carl ROwan, the liberal Washington Post columnist that railed about how evil guns were, but had one himself, despite the DC gun ban?- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There are more than two sides to this issue: Side one (Republican): I should be able to own and carry what I want without limitation Side two (Democrat): No guns ever .- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
In 1784 double shot guns were
described as a novelty. Joseph Manton patented the elevated
rib which rested on the barrels. The
general success of the double gun was eventually due to the light
weight which the better material and workmanship of the best
gunmakers made possible, and to the quickness and certainty of
ignition of the modern cartridge.
The objections to the flint-lock were that it did not entirely
preserve the priming from wet, and that the flint sparks sometimes
failed to ignite the charge. In 1807 the Rev.
Alexander John Forsyth
obtained a patent for priming with a fulminating powder made of
chlorate of potash,
sulphur
and
charcoal, which
exploded by concussion.
.^ The public also tends to blame cultural factors as much or more than the availability of firearms for tragedies like this one.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Death by firearms is far more likely in this country than in, say, European nations.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This gun store sold more than 7500 guns over a three year period.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
In the meantime
it was gradually developed, and the
copper percussion cap invented, by various
gunmakers and private individuals.
.^ If Cho didn't use a gun, he could have found an internet website that would have shown him how to use a bomb using regulare household items.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If someone could explain to me why anyone needs a gun beyond target practice or hunting, I'll be glad to change my position.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Also, for every home invasion or rape that concealed weapons prevent, how many times does the attacker take the gun from the victim and use it against them?- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
In 1834,in the reign of
William IV., Forsyth's invention was tested
at
Woolwich by firing 6000
rounds from six flint-lock muskets, and a similar number from six
percussion muskets, in all weathers From General Hardy de Perini's
Turenne et Conde, 1626-1675. FIGS. 4 and 5. - Musketeers,
1675.
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This trial established the percussion principle.
.^ I also know that if I am unarmed, there is a much greater chance that the would be murderer will continue to fire after the initial shot.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
In consequence
of this successful trial the military flint-lock in 1839 was
altered to suit the percussion principle. This was easily
accomplished by replacing the hammer and pan by a nipple with a
hole through its centre to the vent or touchhole, and by replacing
the cock which held the flint by a smaller cock or hammer with a
hollow to fit on the nipple when released by the trigger.
.^ I am not, however, willing to take that as a sign that massacres such as this one are now simply a part of our shared American reality.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
In 1840 the Austrian army was supplied with the percussion
musket, and in 1842 a new model percussion musket with a block or
back-sight for 150 yds. was issued to the British army, 11 lb 6 oz.
in weight, 4 ft. 64 in. in length without
bayonet, 6 ft. with bayonet and with a barrel 3
ft. 3 in. in length, firing a
bullet of 142 to the fb with 42 drs. of powder.
This musket was larger in bore than that of France,
Belgium,
Russia and
Austria, and thus had the advantage of being
able to fire their balls, while the English balls could not be
fired from their barrels. But the greater weight and momentum of
the English ball was counteracted by the excess of windage.
.^ Our government has issued me a rifle to use as the government sees fit.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ You must also remember that the "Brown Bess" military arm of the time was the assalt rifle of the time.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
Illustrations are given herewith of a German carbine of the 16th
century, with double wheel-lock (fig. 8); a snaphance (fig. 9);
several forms of the Brown Bess or flint-lock military
musket(English,
William
III., fig. 10;
George II., fig. 11;
George
III., fig. 12; French,
Napoleon, fig. 13); and of the percussion
musket adopted in the British service in 1839 (fig. 14). Examples
of non-European firearms are shown in figs. 6 and 7, representing a
Moorish flint-lock and an Indian matchlock respectively. Figs.
15-18 represent various carbines, musketoons and blunderbusses,
fig. 15 showing a small
blunderbuss or musketoon of the early 18th
century, fig. 16 a large blunderbuss of 1750, fig. 17 a flint-lock
cavalry carbine of about
1825 and fig. 18 a percussion carbine of 1830. All these are drawn
from arms in the museum of the Royal United Service Institution,
London.
Modern Shot Guns
The modern sporting
breech-loaders may be said to have originated
with the invention of the cartridgecase containing its own means of
ignition.
.^ The gun lobbyists and manufacturers cynically disregard the unnecessary deaths of innocent people every year, many of them children and teenagers.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Even one ILLEGAL gun in the hands of a bystander could have saved many lives.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The comments about "tying the hands of law enforcement" is very interesting, in light of the fact that law enforcement organizations are among the most supportive of gun control measures.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
During the 17th and 18th
centuries breechloading arms were very numerous and of considerable
variety.
.^ I doubt they would approve of the NRA's justification of automatic weapons - in 1791 they used muzzle loaders, didn't they?"- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
It was only when
the detonating cap came into use that the paper cartridge answered
well in breech-loaders. The modern breech-loader has resulted from
a gradual series of improvements, and not from any one great
invention.
.^ I also happen to be a fire eating proponent of *all* of the Bill Of Rights and am an avid hunter and target shooter and gun owner.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ To all those wanting "tougher" gun laws: Write a detailed set of regulations that is consistent with the Second Amendment, and would have prevented the VT shootings....- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ If gun is used in any crime ---- by use ~ it means fired, shown, indicates by any means that (he/she/them) have one weather it can be seen or not...........- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
The earlier breech-loaders were not gas-tight,
because the cartridgecases were either consumable or the load was
placed in a strong non-expansive breech-plug. The earliest
efficient modern cartridge-case was the
pin-fire, patented by Houiller, a Paris gunsmith,
in 1847, with a thin weak
shell
which expanded by the force of the explosion, fitted perfectly in
the barrel, and thus formed an efficient gas check. Probably no
invention connected with firearms has wrought such changes in the
principle of gunconstruction as those effected by the expansive
cartridge-case.
.^ No one appears to be arguing for a complete ban on all firearms (including law enforcement and military).- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
About 1836, C. Lefaucheux, a Paris gunsmith, improved the old
Pauly system of breech-loading, but its breech action was a crude
mechanism, with single grip worked by a bottom
lever. The double grip for the barrels was the
subsequent invention of a Birmingham gunmaker. The central-fire
cartridge, practically as now in use, was introduced into England
in 1861 by Daw. It is said to have been the invention of Pottet, of
Paris, improved upon by Schneider, and gave rise to considerable
litigation in respect of its patent: rights.
.^ Who would benefit from gun control?- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Gun Control can work, but only if the black market for firearms is shut down first.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Because of this, the only substantial effect of Gun Control is to remove legally purchased and owned firearms.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
The
cartridge-case is withdrawn by a sliding extractor fitted to the
breech ends of the barrels. Daw was subsequently defeated in his
control of the patents by Eley Bros., owing to the patent not
having been kept in force in France. The modern breech-loading gun
has been gradually and steadily improved since 1860. Westley
Richards adopted and improved Matthews' top-lever mechanism.
.^ This mechanism is pushed down by a trigger lock.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Having looked down the barrel of a handgun used in an armed robbery led me to think long and hard about that.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A 9mm hand gun that holds 15 rounds in a clip and can be fired as fast as one can squeeze trigger is ridiculous.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
This was made possible by the introduc tion of the
central-fire cartridge. In 1862 Daw, and in 1866 Green, introduced
hammerless guns in which the cocking was effected by the under
lever.
.^ The fact is, this shooter did break the law by carrying these guns on campus, proving that laws don't matter to the criminal.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
In 1871 T. Murcott
patented a hammerless gun, the first to obtain distinct success.
This also was a lever-cocking gun. About the same time Needham
introduced the principle of utilizing the weight of the barrels to
assist in cocking. In 1875 Anson and Deeley utilized the fore-end
attached to the barrels to cock the locks. From this date
hammerless guns became really popular.
.^ I am not sure how he was able to get around "The danger to himself and others" that would have been made in a background check, and I am pretty sure that would have stopped him from buying the guns legally.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ To Thin Man and other sheople out there: You should realize that many who have chosen to carry a gun are also protecting you with their lives.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Our country is at one end of the scale while many others, where private gun ownership is practically unheard of, are at the other end.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
Improvements
were also introduced by Westley Richards, Purdey and others,
including cocking by means of the mainspring.
.^ When you advertise a place as being a "Gun-Free Zone" you are putting out a welcome sign to crazies like Cho.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ That being said, most Gun collectors are not looking for high powered Automatic or Semi Automatic weapons.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Please please, I really want the democrats to come out in force to demand stronger gun control laws.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
W. W. Greener and some other
gunmakers have since introduced minor modifications and
improvements of this mechanism. Next in turn came Perks and other
inventors, who separated the ejector mechanism from the lock work.
This very decided improvement is universal to-day.
.^ A 9mm hand gun that holds 15 rounds in a clip and can be fired as fast as one can squeeze trigger is ridiculous.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The trigger lock makes it MORE LIKELY that the gun will accidentally discharge, because it disables the safety mechanism.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I am in favor of some type of control simular to the machine gun ban, and I think/believe it will have to be done on the makers of these weapons/clips.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
This improvement enables both barrels to be rapidly fired without
altering the grip of the right hand, but deprives the shooter of
the power of selecting his barrel.
.^ I don't remember a single shot being fired either.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I am in favor of some type of control simular to the machine gun ban, and I think/believe it will have to be done on the makers of these weapons/clips.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ A bill that would have given college students and employees the right to carry handguns on campus died with nary a shot being fired in the General Assembly.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
The difficulty of a shifting: balance as
each cartridge is fired has also yet to be overcome. Several
varieties of a combination rifle and shot-gun are also made, for a
description of which see
Rifle.
The chief purposes for which modern shot-guns are required. are
game-shooting,
trap-shooting at
pigeons and wild-fowling. The game gun may be any bore from 32 to
10
gauge. The usual standard
bore is 12 gauge unless it be for a boy, when it is 20 gauge. The
usual weight of the 12-bore double-barrelled game gun is from 6 to
7 lb with barrels 30 in. long, there, however, being a present
tendency to barrels of a shorter length.
.^ Zombies fear this weapon more than they hate eating brains that aren't fresh.The Battlemage Khold forged these sceptres due to his undeathly fear of zombies.- AQ Weapon List 21 January 2010 19:26 UTC www.battleon.com [Source type: General]
Steel barrels, drilled from the solid block, were originally
produced by Whitworth. To-day the makers of steel for this purpose
are many. The standard charge for the 12-bore is 42 grains of
smokeless powder and 1 oz. to 18th oz. of shot. Powder of a lighter
gravimetric
density is
occasionally employed, when the weight of the charge is reduced to
33 grains. This charge of powder corresponds to the 3 drams of
black powder formerly used. The ordinary game gun should have a
killing circle of 30 in. at 30 yds. with the first barrel and at 40
yds. with the second.
.^ To all those wanting "tougher" gun laws: Write a detailed set of regulations that is consistent with the Second Amendment, and would have prevented the VT shootings....- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ They are carried by the scofflaws that won't obey existing or new and improved gun regulations.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
Choke-boring is the constriction of the diameter of the barrel.
near the muzzle, and was known in
America in the early part of the lgth century.
.^ There is simply no need whatsoever for an AK-47 or any other weapon that can shoot hundreds of rounds in a matter of seconds.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ "There is simply no need whatsoever for an AK-47 or any other weapon that can shoot hundreds of rounds in a matter of seconds.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There are no rules or laws that will stop people from killing others when they are willing to die themselves.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I have been aware of the principles of gun safety since I learned to speak and understand English.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ There are more than 80 million gun owners in the US and NRA membership is about 4 million.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The statistics clearly show that in a ratio of about 16 to 1 a gun in the home is more likely to kill a family member than anyone else.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It requires more testing and background checking to DRIVE A CAR than own a gun.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
It generally weighs from 7 to 8 lb. Its weight, by
club rules, is frequently restricted to 71 lb and its bore to 12
gauge. The standard wild-fowling gun is a double 8-bore with 30-in.
barrels weighing 15 lb. and firing a charge of 7 drams of powder
and 2! to 3 oz. of shot.
.^ This odd Drakel firearm can be used as a sword or a gun, and can power up if you use SP! Click the bayonet to switch between shooting and swinging this weapon, and click the barrel of the gun to spend SP to boost your accuracy, damage, or BOTH! .- AQ Weapon List 21 January 2010 19:26 UTC www.battleon.com [Source type: General]
^ I believe that anyone who buys or own a gun should be REQUIRED to take classes on the proper physical and ethical use of these guns.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It does come from the barrel of a gun if you are phyically smaller than your attackers.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
bore,
weighing ioo lb.
.^ "The gun lobbyists and manufacturers cynically disregard the unnecessary deaths of innocent people every year, many of them children and teenagers.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The gun lobbyists and manufacturers cynically disregard the unnecessary deaths of innocent people every year, many of them children and teenagers.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
^ We have over 30,00 gun related laws on the books and are they working, NO! Why?- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ The availability of a gun can make all of the difference in the world-- imagine if the latest mass murderer set out to kill 32 people with a only a knife.- The Fix - Parsing the Polls on Gun Control 6 February 2010 11:41 UTC voices.washingtonpost.com [Source type: Original source]
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