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    Most modern firearms are rifled with the exception of the shotgun. The process of rifling the barrel creates unique patterns. These patterns are called tool mark impressions. The forensic technique of analyzing the impressions left on the bullet is call ballistic fingerprinting. There are two types of strations, class characteristics and individual characteristics. Class characteristics are shared by on type of gun and manufacture, for example a colt peacemaker has 6 lands and grooves left-hand twist. The individual characteristics are specific to the individual gun, for example any imperfections of the lands and grooves caused by the tool 's use in the rifling process or normal wear of the bore. There are many types of barrels and barrel…

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    9x19 / Safe Action DIMENSIONS • LENGTH: 204 mm / 8.03 in. • WIDTH: 30.00 mm / 1.18 in. • LENGTH BETWEEN SIGHTS: 165 mm / 6.49 in. • HEIGHT: 138 mm / 5.43 in. • BARREL HEIGHT: 32 mm / 1.26 in. • BARREL LENGTH: 114 mm / 4.48 in. WEIGHTS • UNLOADED:…

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    Some people have guns for hunting, some people have guns for recreational purposes and some people have guns for safety. Hillary Clinton talks a lot about guns and it has been said that if she is elected, then she will abolish the second amendment. Society benefits from firearms in the hands of responsible citizens and efforts to keep firearms away from these citizens do more harm than good. Hillary Clinton should not be elected President of the United States. Hillary Clinton is against guns…

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    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…

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    Bladed Bullet Inventions

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    Many inventions have been made over the years including this one. The Bladed Bullet is a new invention used for the army. Throughout this essay, I will be explaining to you what the Bladed Bullet is and how it’s better than a regular bullet. This new invention has taken down terrorists and Communistic countries. You will learn many things about this bullet and how it must remain a secret to the American military. The Bladed Bullet will save lives and will help how wars go. The Bladed Bullet is…

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    This new weapon helped introduce the cylindrical bullet. The rifle was similar to the musket in appearance but completely different in technique and make. The Baker rifle was developed in the 1700’s but not produced until the 1830’s. The Baker rifle was made in both London and in Birmingham but would sometimes differ depending on where it was made. In the Baker rifle, shallow grooves were cut inside the barrel so that when the bullet was shot out it would spin at a greater speed making the shot…

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    Handlers In Sweden

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    11:00am MWF Europe As of 2006 Sweden was barely below Switzerland in guns per capita with 31.6 guns per 100 people, which equivalates to a little more than 3 million guns in the country. Even though Sweden is a very “gun secure” country where there are a lot of regulations and laws for the Swedish, guns are mostly used for hunting and just shooting at a range. There is almost no need for any sort of AR-15s or specialized conceal carry handguns. Hopefully, choosing this market…

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    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,…

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    Gun control With recent events causing tragedy and sadness, violent acts and massacres caused by guns. This has raised the issue of gun control in this nation and for the society wellbeing for the future. There is now a strong fight to obtain stronger gun control laws in this society than ever before. But always there is counter arguments to the Gun control act, American citizen that are pro-Gun and Pro freedom will always fight any laws that would band a gun. Because banning a gun won’t…

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    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…

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