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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 [[howitzer]] or [[mortar]] is an indirect-fire weapon (a weapon that fires in a high arc to drop its fire down on a target).

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]]

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Home security]]/[[defense]] and the [[Castle Doctrine]]

* [[Home security]]/[[defense]] and the [[Castle Doctrine]]

* [[Self-defense]]: [[Firearms]] ([[Rifle]], [[Handgun]], [[Shotgun]]), [[Knife]],[[Taser]], [[Weapon]]s

* [[Self-defense]]

* [[Bug-out bag]]

* [[Constitutional carry]]

* [[Constitutional carry]]

* [[Gun control]]

* [[Gun control]]

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[[Category:Second Amendment]]

[[Category:Second Amendment]]

[[Category:Weapons]]

[[Category:Weapons]]

[[Category:Self-Defense]]

[[Category:Self-Defense]]

[[Category:Tools]]

[[Category:Tools]]