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  2. King's Lynn Rural District - Wikipedia

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    King's Lynn Rural District. Coordinates: 52.75°N 0.37°E. Boundaries in 1894. King's Lynn Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk from 1894 to 1935. It was situated on the west bank of the River Great Ouse, opposite the town of King's Lynn, and comprised the then single civil parish of West Lynn . The district was split in 1935 with the ...

  3. Pistol - Wikipedia

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    A government-issue M1911 pistol manufactured in 1914 Soviet TT pistol manufactured in 1937. A pistol is a type of handgun, characterized by a barrel with an integral chamber.The word "pistol" is derived from the Middle French pistolet (c. 1550), meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the English language c. 1570 when early handguns were produced in Europe.

  4. Gun laws in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Open and Concealed carry. New Mexico is a Shall-Issue state for the concealed carry of handguns, and permits the open carry of loaded firearms without a permit. A New Mexico Concealed Handgun License (CHL) is required by in-state residents to carry in a concealed manner a loaded handgun while on foot. Per state law, a firearm may be considered ...

  5. Firearms regulation in France - Wikipedia

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    Category A11 and A12 firearms are unavailable for purchase since August 1st, 2018, whereas beforehand they held the same requirements as Category B. As of November 1st, 2022, all weapons classed as Category A11 and A12 are being seized or destroyed by the French government without compensation to the owners.

  6. Gilded Age - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In United States history, the Gilded Age is described as the period from about the 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era. It was named after an 1873 Mark Twain novel by historians in the 1920s who saw this interval of economic expansion as an era of materialistic excesses combined ...

  7. Gun law in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The gun laws of New Zealand are contained in the Arms Act 1983 statute, which includes multiple amendments including those that were passed subsequent to the 1990 Aramoana massacre and the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings . Nearly 300,000 [1] licensed firearm owners own and use New Zealand 's estimated 1.5 million [1] firearms.

  8. 2020 Nova Scotia attacks - Wikipedia

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    3. Perpetrator. Gabriel Wortman. On April 18 and 19, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at 16 locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people and injuring three others before he was shot and killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Enfield. [2] [3] [4]

  9. List of .45 caliber handguns - Wikipedia

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    The .45 ACP (not to be confused with .45 Colt) cartridge is a very popular caliber due to its low velocity and relatively high stopping power. This caliber is associated most with the Colt M1911, logically, as ACP literally means 'Automatic Colt Pistol'. However, there are many more guns and variations on the M1911 that are chambered in .45 ACP.