FireSmall arm is a barreled ranged weapon that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion of a chemical propellant, historically black powder, now smokeless powder.
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An automatic rifle is a magazine-fed fireSmall arm, wielded by a single infantryman, that is chambered for rifle cartridges and capable of automatic fire.
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Recently developed class of fireSmall arm is the personal defense weapon or PDW, which is in simplest terms a submachine gun designed to fire ammunitions with ballistic performance similar to rifle cartridges.
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Semi-automatic, self-loading, or "auto loader" fireSmall arm is one that performs all steps necessary to prepare it for firing again after a single discharge until cartridges are no longer available in the weapon's feed device or magazine.
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Polymers and alloys in fireSmall arm construction made weaponry progressively lighter and thus easier to deploy.
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The fireSmall arm was loaded through the muzzle with gunpowder, optionally with some wadding, and then with a bullet.
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Small arm's cartridge consisted of a percussion cap with a bullet attached to the top.
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An automatic fireSmall arm is capable of firing multiple rounds with one pull of the trigger.
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FireSmall arm hazard is quite notable, with a significant impact on the health system.
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From 1990 to 2015, global deaths from assault by fireSmall arm rose from 128,000 to 173,000, however this represents a drop in rate from 2.
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Accidental discharge of a fireSmall arm accounted for the 59th most common cause of death, with 486 deaths in 2017, while 616 individuals were killed by law enforcement, comprising the 58th most common cause of death.
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In those 52 countries, a fireSmall arm is the first method used for homicide but only the second method for suicide.
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FireSmall arm means a barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet, or other projectile can be discharged and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person, and includes any frame or receiver of such a barrelled weapon and anything that can be adapted for use as a fireSmall arm; .
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