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A '''firearm''' is device, typically used as a weapon, which fires projectile(s) with the force of the expanding gases created by the rapid burning of a confined [[propellant]] (typically [[gunpowder]]). Such weapons can be as small as [[handguns]], which can be carried and used in one hand, or as large as the [[cannon]] on a [[battleship]]. | A '''firearm''' is device, typically used as a weapon, which fires projectile(s) with the force of the expanding gases created by the rapid burning of a confined [[propellant]] (typically [[gunpowder]]). Such weapons can be as small as [[handguns]], which can be carried and used in one hand, or as large as the [[cannon]] on a [[battleship]]. | ||
| − | Such weapons are typically referred to as "[[gun]]s" in common usage. Gun has a particular meaning in specialist usage, however, when referring to larger weapons; a gun is a direct-fire weapon (which fires directly at the target), whereas a | + | Such weapons are typically referred to as "[[gun]]s" in common usage. Gun has a particular meaning in specialist usage, however, when referring to larger weapons; a gun is a direct-fire weapon (which fires directly at the target), whereas a howitzer or [[mortar]] is an indirect-fire weapon (a weapon that fires in a high arc to drop its fire down on a target). |
see also [[Naval guns]] | see also [[Naval guns]] | ||
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* [[Home security]]/[[defense]] and the [[Castle Doctrine]] | * [[Home security]]/[[defense]] and the [[Castle Doctrine]] | ||
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* [[Constitutional carry]] | * [[Constitutional carry]] | ||
* [[Gun control]] | * [[Gun control]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:34, January 8, 2020
A firearm is device, typically used as a weapon, which fires projectile(s) with the force of the expanding gases created by the rapid burning of a confined propellant (typically gunpowder). Such weapons can be as small as handguns, which can be carried and used in one hand, or as large as the cannon on a battleship.
Such weapons are typically referred to as "guns" in common usage. Gun has a particular meaning in specialist usage, however, when referring to larger weapons; a gun is a direct-fire weapon (which fires directly at the target), whereas a howitzer or mortar is an indirect-fire weapon (a weapon that fires in a high arc to drop its fire down on a target).
see also Naval guns
See also
- Home security/defense and the Castle Doctrine
- Self-defense
- Constitutional carry
- Gun control
- List of celebrities against Second Amendment
- National Firearms Act of 1934
- Gun Control Act of 1968
- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1994
- List of instances of armed citizens stopping active shooters