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... The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, ...e shotguns were used by US Marines in the Philippines insurrections and by General "Black Jack" Pershing's pursuit of Pancho Villa, the modern concept of the

...s.dll/article?AID=/20080319/METRO/323214004/1001 Court weighs right to own guns]''; [http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-a-constitutional-right-to-a-gun Cou ...1701055.html "Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns"] by Paul Duggan, ''The Washington Post'', March 18 2007</ref>

|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...eavy infantry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft varia

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...achine gun”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN

The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used in World War II was actually a li ...|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.

...Rifle, Ross Mk I*</i> became <i>Rifle, G.P. Ross</i> (G.P. meaning general purpose). ...Mk II</i> became <i>Rifle, Ross, .303", Cadet D.P.</i> (D.P. meaning Drill Purpose).<ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/><ref name="Duguid, Col. A.F. 1999">Duguid,

...AMENDMENT SECURES AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT] MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, August 24, 2004</ref><ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.p obvious purpose to assure the continuation and render possible the

...gned for that role. In modern practice, they are air-cooled medium machine guns firing rifle cartridges such as the [[7.62x51mm NATO]]. They are generally ... used as a GPMG traces back to World War I, where aircooled medium machine guns were used in many different roles, typically with larger magazines on aircr

...sted that they could solve their problems by firing models out of existing guns in order to gather real-world data. This was Bull's introduction to artille ...CARDE, now on the DRB's payroll, and continued working on the instrumented guns. On one of these trips, in 1953, he and a friend stopped in Charny after a

...s of an inch or in millimeters. Differing from the [[musket]], most modern guns are [[Rifling|rifled]], with a series of grooves spiraling along the barrel ...ad of [[lead shot|shot]] or a single projectile known as a slug, and the [[machine gun]], which is a fully-automatic weapon mounted on a tripod or bipod and i

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... Survey.</ref><ref>[http://www.edutube.org/interactive/guns-100-residents "Guns per 100 residents"] EduTube.org</ref> ...g a home invasion) but which can not be [[Concealed carry|carried for said purpose]].

...455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CNNpoll">[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/16/guns.poll/ Majority in U.S. poll support gun ownership rights] - CNN.com</ref> w ... has never ruled against the constitutionality of reasonable regulation of guns and the prohibition of private possession of certain types of weapons.

[[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[M2 Browning machine gun]] with a [[tripod]] weighs 58 kg (128&nbsp;lb).]] ...achine gun]] or one of the smaller, medium-caliber (rifle caliber) machine guns meant for prolonged firing from heavy mounts, less mobile, or static positi

...nge of [[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 s ...old HK to a German group (H&K Beteiligungs-GmbH) that was created for this purpose.

*[[.50 BMG]] primers, used for the .50 Browning Machine Gun cartridge and [[wildcat cartridge|derivatives]] ...owders for large-bore heavy rifle rounds.<ref>[http://www.hodgdon.com/data/general/burnratechart.php Powder Burnrate Chart]</ref> These are known as ''Single-

...get aperture sights that use large disks with pinhole-sized apertures. In general, the thicker the ring, the more precise the sight, and the thinner the ring ...host ring sights are commonly installed on combat shotguns and sub-machine guns (and to a much lesser extent, rifles). The ghost ring is a fairly recent i

...ment of modern firearms. During this decade [[smokeless powder]] came into general use, and the calibre of various service rifles diminished. Several nations ...ad, a half-cock notch on the cocking piece/firing pin assembly served this purpose. In 1910, this weapon was modified by the addition of a manual safety, whic

...tained via internet mail from ... uh... whatever site holds the Sacred Rec.Guns FAQ. I'm not sure where that is, since I cannot directly access it myself. ==General Info and Wisdom (ENFAQ-01.MSG)==

...], one of the most popular modern [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] light machine guns among NATO countries.]] [[Image:Machine gun HK MG43 (MG4).jpg|right|thumb|[[MG4]] of the German Army.]]