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... CCW (carrying a concealed weapon), refers to the practice of carrying a [[handgun]] or other weapon in public in a concealed manner (as opposed to [[open car ... In practice, the policy toward carrying while hunting has been a complete ban since 1979. CFO staff have been variously quoted as stating "If you can sh

...State terms for a permit to carry a concealed firearm, such as a Concealed Handgun License/Permit (CHL/CHP), Concealed (Defensive/Deadly) Weapon Permit/Licens ... subject to county restriction, and the District of Columbia had a blanket ban on ownership, possession and carry of handguns in its jurisdiction which be

...content/article/2007/03/17/AR2007031701055.html "Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns"] by Paul Duggan, ''The Washington Post .../04/AR2007090400474.html?hpid=topnews "D.C. Asks Supreme Court to Back Gun Ban"] by Robert Barnes and David Nakamura, ''The Washington Post'', September 4

...1994]] and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban expired on September 13, [[2004]], as part of the law's sunset provision. ...ame as any other semi-automatic hunting rifle, or semi-automatic household handgun, all of which automatically load another round of ammunition that can be fi

[[Image:HK USP 45.jpg|thumb|A [[Heckler & Koch]] USP .45 ACP [[handgun]] with a Surefire X200a Tactical Light, surrounded by [[Hollow-point bullet ===Handgun===

==Machine gun ban (The Hughes Amendment)== ...its final stages, Rep. William J. Hughes (D-N.J.) proposed an amendment to ban the civilian ownership or transfer of any fully-automatic weapon which was

...and allowed a search of his premises in order to challenge the machine gun ban 922(o) on Second Amendment constitutional grounds. However, his circuit cou ...istrict of Columbia]</ref> - In finding the District of Columbia's handgun ban unconstitutional, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled:

The only handguns to escape the ban were: ...ws.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4766458.stm]. However, the complete ban on private ownership of handguns by licensed, legitimate users has been ful

...l as prohibited possession of unregistered [[firearm]]s. Exceptions to the ban were allowed for police officers and guns registered before 1976. The law a ...ace and have yet to be dealt with, as does the city's "[[assault weapon]]" ban.<ref>Nakamura, David (2008-06-26). [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/

...ict of Columbia v. Heller]]'' decision, which struck down the D.C. handgun ban and held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and

My hero, Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp, was not allowed by Texas law to carry her handgun into Luby's Cafeteria that fateful day in 1991, when due to bureaucrat-forc ...n in possession of a firearm on campus in defiance of a zero-tolerance gun ban. Feel better yet? Didn't think so.

...-abiding citizens (or subjects) in danger. Following the [[1997 UK handgun ban]], felony crimes committed with pistols [[Myth:Less_gun_control_leads_to_mo ...ol Policy]] established one of western civilization’s most restrictive [[handgun]] bans, promoting the concept of “domestic defense”. Unfortunately, wit

...s with which to commit those crimes? It is therefore perfectly logical to ban all firearms altogether, right? ...e rates, and violent crime of all varieties in Jamaica skyrocketed after [[handgun]]s were heavily restricted and a special [[Gun Court]] established in the 1

.../canadavotes2006/national/2005/12/08/elxn-martin-guns.html Liberals vow to ban handguns] CBC, Thursday, December 8, 2005</ref><ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/stor *[[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]] (1993)

* [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]] (1993) * [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]] (1994) (now defunct)

...pendent of, though often similar to, the expired [[federal assault weapons ban]]. The state level bans vary significantly in their form, content, and leve ...it is important to understand the laws of each state when traveling with a handgun.<ref>[http://carryconcealed.net/legal/reciprocity.php U.S. CCW Reciprocity

...d (other than in Northern Ireland) to those persons who may require such a handgun for the non routine humane killing of injured or dangerous animals. Each f ... on gun ownership. ... in 1991 ... 22 percent of all gun owners favored a ban on civilian handguns (compared to 58 percent for non-gun owners)."</ref>

* '''Category H''': [[handgun]]s including [[air pistol]]s, deactivated handguns and firearms not exceedi ...2") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted to 10 rounds. Handgun collectors are exempt from the laws stated above.)

...eholds had at least one firearm, including 2.3% of households possessing a handgun.<ref>In a study of gun ownership in selected western nations, Canada's leve To purchase a handgun or other restricted firearms, a person must have a restricted licence and b

There is a [[gun ban|total ban]] on [[automatic weapons]] for civilians, unless they fall into the collect [[Handgun]]s have some calibre restrictions. A [[Smith & Wesson Model 500|Smith & Wes