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List of firearms. This is an extensive list of small arms —including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles ...
Sometimes referred to as the Brady bill loophole, [11] the Brady law loophole, [12] the gun law loophole, [13] or the private sale loophole, [14] [15] [16] the term refers to a perceived gap in laws that address what types of sales and transfers of firearms require records and or background checks, such as in the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. [17]
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.
Police in Thailand said Thursday they have arrested three men they accuse of selling the handgun and ammunition used by a 14-year-old boy who allegedly killed two people and wounded five others at ...
Rupert Sanders’ “The Crow” is a new take on the dark 1989 comic book, but there is one element of the franchise’s history that the director was determined not to replicate. During the ...
This week in Fort Worth, the Star-Telegram answers questions like: Who pays for thousands of dollars in pothole damages? Where do forfeited guns go? And how did a six-pack of beer help a small ...
The M249 SAW is manufactured in the United States by the subsidiary FN Manufacturing LLC, a company in Columbia, South Carolina (FN America), and is widely used in the U.S. Armed Forces. The weapon was introduced in 1984 to address a lack of sustained automatic fire capability at the squad level. The M249 SAW combines the rate of fire of a ...
The Henry repeating rifle is a lever-action tubular magazine rifle. It is famous for having been used at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and having been the basis for the iconic Winchester rifle of the American Wild West. Designed and introduced by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860, the original Henry was a sixteen-shot .44 caliber rimfire breech ...