Breech-loading weapon

Guns are a big part of our lifestyle, and as gun owners, we should know how to properly take them apart and clean them safely. We should know how to take care of our guns so that they function correctly. Cleaning our guns insures that they do not malfunction and injure the person shooting the gun. Never cleaning a gun can gum up the firing mechanism make it misfire. Practicing these steps will keep the user out of harm 's way, and the people around them. The gun we will be taking apart and…

A Target Worth Aiming At With an average of 4.3 million firearms being added to the United States each year, gun control is one of the most rapidly growing problems in our nation. The right to bear arms was the 2nd amendment in our Constitution; so obviously to our forefathers this has been a very important ideal since the beginning of our nation. Without implementing some sort of law in the coming years, all citizens will soon be in danger. According to the National Institute of Justice,…

Humans have always been perfecting the technology since the beginning of the time, whether it may be a wheel which started from a stone, then wood, later perfecting it with rubber for shock free ride or we might see something much more proficient in future or a gun which started as a big cannon, becoming more compact as a riffles then single shot pistols [Sapp, Rick (2007]. Realising the efficient and compactness of the single shot further upgrades and innovations were expected in pistols, thus…

“There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period” (Ted Nugent). This quote reflects on the recent mass shootings where firearms were unfortunately placed in the wrong hands. As of December 6, 2015, 355 mass shootings have occurred in the United States. Following every shooting is the devastation and surprise…

the invention of the Spencer carbine and the Shapes rifle). Reloading a rifle took a long time to reload. So in 1848, Claude Minié, a French army officer, invented what they call a Minié ball. With the invention of the Minié ball, not only was the loading time faster, the range was farther, and it was more accurate, it was much more deadly than muskets. balloons It was used to see the ground from thousands of miles above the ground. In areas with very little terrain, it gave military…

The last thing a responsible gun owner needs to know how to do is clean a gun. Though this is not the most exciting or fun part of gunmanship, it is undoubtedly the most important if you wish to keep your gun in pristine, working condition. There is a lot that goes into cleaning and maintaining a gun properly. One would be the amount of times a gun needs to be maintained. The amount of times the gun was used, the type of bullets that were used, and the type of gun are the biggest contributing…

The color guard became a part of the marching band in the late 1940s and 1950s. The rifles we use today in guard are replicas of the drill sergeants M1. Color Guard is a very fun activity that requires lots of skill and motivation, having a riffle, gloves, patience and dedication are very important. There are not many items needed to begin learning how to spin a rifle. The first thing is a rifle itself of coarse one of these is needed. Patience and dedication are also very important…

ongoing growing problem is crime/violence among the younger generation. The main emphasis that will be discussed is gun violence among the youth and how this issue is turning into a tragic epidemic. Far too many children have access to guns and or weapons, whether it is in their own homes or in the vicinity. This is turning into a new serious epidemic that needs to be controlled and contained before things end up worse. Each day, sadly the news reports children/teenagers getting access to guns…

Yuwei Pan 12/10/2016 From Cage to Glass and beyond Second paper Between the Female Voice and the Machine: Laurie Anderson We recognize and judge people largely according to their voices, whether they are intelligent or dull, sane or insane, female or male, good or evil, friend or enemy. Anne Carson writes that Aristotle found “the highpitched voice of the female is one evidence of her evil disposition, for creatures who are brave or just (like lions, bulls, roosters and the human male) have…

previous conflicts was not new training techniques, but the technology to utilize these armies. The Civil War is the birth of modern warfare do to advances and developments in modern weapons, many of these are still on the battlefield today. These weapon systems ranged from the hand grenade to the submarine. The weapon systems killed at an efficient rate never seen for before. At the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon took 25 percent casualties at Waterloo and this collapsed his army, but at many…