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  2. Weapons effect - Wikipedia

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    The weapons effect is a controversial theory described and debated in the scientific field of social psychology.It refers to the mere presence of a weapon or a picture of a weapon leading to more aggressive behavior in humans, particularly if these humans are already aroused. [1]

  3. Weapon focus - Wikipedia

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    The presence of the gun in the possession of the female perpetrators was more unexpected, thus participants allocated more of their attention to the weapon over their physical traits. Pickel did, however, find that the weapon focus effect was mitigated when participants were primed and the perpetrators were categorized as dangerous and aggressive.

  4. History of the firearm - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese, who conducted much fighting aboard ships and rivercraft, valued a more compact gun, and thus this approach became popular. [31]: 41 [32] Malay gun founders, regarded as at the same level as those of Germany, quickly adapted these new firearms and birthed a new type of arquebus, the istinggar. [33]: 385

  5. Integrative complexity - Wikipedia

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    Integrative complexity is a research psychometric that refers to the degree to which thinking and reasoning involve the recognition and integration of multiple perspectives and possibilities and their interrelated contingencies.

  6. Pistol - Wikipedia

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    A government-issue M1911 pistol manufactured in 1914 Soviet TT pistol manufactured in 1937. A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.The word "pistol" derives from the Middle French pistolet (c. 1550), meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the English language c. 1570 when early handguns were produced in Europe.

  7. Bill changing definition of 'machine gun' signed into law

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    The bill changed the definition of a "machine gun" under Indiana Code to include conversion devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into functionally automatic weapons. According to a press ...

  8. Gun culture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many action films continue to celebrate the gun toting hero in fictional settings. The negative role of the gun in fictionalized modern urban violence has been explored in films such as Boyz n the Hood (1991) and Menace 2 Society (1993). Bowling for Columbine was a 2002 documentary by Michael Moore exploring gun culture in the United States.

  9. Spiral Dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Spiral Dynamics describes how value systems and worldviews emerge from the interaction of "life conditions" and the mind's capacities. [8] The emphasis on life conditions as essential to the progression through value systems is unusual among similar theories, and leads to the view that no level is inherently positive or negative, but rather is a response to the local environment, social ...