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Firearm

A firearm is any type of gun that shoots projectiles using high explosive pressure generated from combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellant, most often black powder in antique firearms and smokeless powder in modern firearms. Small arms is a subset of light firearms that is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term…

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Firearm

Nodes539
Edges538
Triples284
Avg. degree2
Density0.003711
Components1

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Firearm

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related to Sources · 34
Firearm → Alfred, Andrade, Association, Cambridge University Press, Chase, China, Civilisation, Cole, Crosby, Edition, Firearm Instructors, Firearm Instructors Glossary, Firearm Terms, Firearms, Global History, ISBN, Joseph, Kenneth, Military Innovation, Needham
related to United States · 23
Firearm → Alcohol, Bureau, California, Code, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Explosives, Federal Firearms License, Firearms, FOID, Gun Control Act, Illinois, In, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Some, The
related to history · 18
Firearm → Acheng District, An, At, China, Heilongjiang, History, It, Jurchen, Li Ting, Over, Sichuan, Such, The, The History, To, Together, Yuan, Yuan Shi
related to Repeating firearms · 16
Firearm → An, Automatic, British Lewis, Browning, Eventually, First World War, Gatling, German, In, M16, M16A2, M16A4, Many, Spandau, The, The Gatling
see also · 14
Firearm → Air, Ballistics, Concealed, Electrothermal-chemical, External, Germany, Gun, Internal, Right, Small, Terminal, Transitional, World War II, World War IList
related to Automatic · 12
Firearm → AK-47, An, AR-15, Automatic, Blowback, Examples, Gas-operated, Glock, M16, Recoil-operated, There, Walther PPK
related to Cartridges · 10
Firearm → BB Cap, Cartridges, CB Cap, Flobert, Frenchman Louis-Nicolas Flobert, His, In English-speaking, The, These, This
related to Noise · 10
Firearm → According, Deafness, Individuals, Indoor, National Institute, NIHL, Other Communication Disorders, The, They, While
related to Legal definitions · 9
Firearm → Australia, Canada, English, European Union, Firearms, For, India, Other English, United States
related to Death · 7
Firearm → Accidental, CDC, From, In, The, United States, US

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firearms rifles rifle gun barrel used use cartridge automatic guns fire include action designed weapon gunpowder also shotguns semi-automatic century

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Firearmis abarreled weapon that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion0.90text
Firearmis aWalther PPK0.90text
Firearmis aGlock pistol.Semi-automaticSemi-automatic is a firearm action that only requires the operator to manually load the first round0.90text
Firearmis asculpture from a cave in Sichuan0.90text
Firearmis afirst method used for homicide0.90text
needlefireinstance ofcaplock or primer-ignited0.80text
pinfireinstance ofcaplock or primer-ignited0.80text
teat-fireinstance ofcaplock or primer-ignited0.80text
rimfireinstance ofcaplock or primer-ignited0.80text
centerfireinstance ofcaplock or primer-ignited0.80text
as well as the atypical electronic firinginstance ofcaplock or primer-ignited0.80text
scopeinstance ofusing either iron sights or optical sights0.80text

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