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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 ...e sights, the shooter relies strictly on kinesthesia to determine when the gun is realigned. Competitive shooters will tend to use a double tap, as the gr

...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. ...ped by the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The ''trench gun'', as it was called, was a pump action shotgun loaded with six rounds conta

... 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 .../default.asp?id=34 Elmer Keith's 600 yard shot]</ref> Keith later had this gun cut to 4-1/2 inch barrel length; it is currently part of the Keith collecti

... company and two main subsidiaries , FN HERSTAL, active in the Defense and Law Enforcement fields, and Browning / U.S. Repeating Arms Co., specializing in ...[[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II was actually a licens

... or a gun used in the delivery of naval gunfire. Calling your [[rifle]] a "gun" can result in... well, just watch the video. ...th a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, have be

...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

...ator''', or '''flash cone''', is a device attached to a [[rifle]] or other gun that directs hot escaping gases from the barrel end. It reduces the visibil ...177]] models. An example of a cone-shaped hider is on the [[Bren]] machine gun.

...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

== [[Gun Free Zones: An Examination of Policy]] == ...er 2003, pp. 26-31</ref> Or as Carlisle Moody put it, “A criminal with a gun is a more efficient criminal.” <ref>Moody, Carlisle E. and Marvell, Thoma

Ineptitudes in the [[Canadian Firearms Program]] and with the [[Canadian gun registry]], as well as rampant non-compliance with mandatory licencing and ==Gun owners==

{{Gun politics}} ...d through legal and criminal use.<ref>Spitzer, Donald J.,''The Politics of Gun Control'', Page 1. Chatham House Publishers, Inc., 1995.</ref>

{{Gun politics}} * '''Category R''': restricted weapons: [[machine gun]]s, rocket launchers, [[assault rifle]]s, [[flame-thrower]]s, anti-tank gun

{{Gun politics}} ...In a study of gun ownership in selected western nations, Canada's level of gun ownership (21.8%) was similar to France's (23.8%) and Sweden's (16.6%). Of

{{Gun politics}} ...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>

...ty; only 43 percent believe new laws would be more effective in reducing [[gun violence in the United States]] than the better enforcement of existing law {{Gun politics}}

*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

... example, [[tear gas]] grenades used in riot control are fired from [[riot gun]]s, and the [[M203 grenade launcher]] can be fitted to several types of [[a ...[Mills bomb]], the first modern fragmentation grenade, became available to British front-line troops. The Mills bomb was developed at the Mills Munitions Fact

...of small [[firearm]]s, notably the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5]] [[submachine gun]], [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] and more modern [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]] [[as ...[small arms]], from [[pistol]]s to [[Hand grenade|grenade]]s and [[machine gun]]s. In its extensive product range, HK has used most of the operating syste

...ted from the roller-locked recoil operating system of the [[MG42]] machine gun but with a fixed barrel and gas system. It was realized that with careful a ...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

...[[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). ...e '''MG36''' [[light machine gun]] (MG – ''Maschinengewehr'' or "machine gun"). An export version of the series is also produced (these weapons have a s