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  2. Firearm malfunction - Wikipedia

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    Whenever a firearm fails to fire, but has not clearly malfunctioned, a hang fire should be suspected. When this occurs, the correct procedure is to keep the firearm pointed downrange or in a safe direction for thirty to sixty seconds, then remove and safely discard the round (which is now a dud as explained above if the primer was struck ...

  3. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    That eliminates the need to pull the trigger or to control the fall of the hammer; however, since all mechanisms can fail, it is still necessary to keep the muzzle of the gun pointed in a safe direction while decocking. A decock/safety is a combination manual safety switch and decocking lever. Two popular variants exist.

  4. Fishtailing - Wikipedia

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    During fishtailing, [2] the rear end of the car skids to one side, which must be offset by the driver counter-steering, which is turning the front wheels in the same direction as the skid, (e.g. left if the rear swings left) [1] and reducing engine power. Over-correction will result in a skid in the opposite direction; hence the name.

  5. Gun safety - Wikipedia

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    Gun safety is the study and practice of managing risk when using, transporting, storing and disposing of firearms, airguns and ammunition in order to avoid injury, illness or death. Gun safety includes the training of users, the design of firearms, as well as the formal and informal regulation of gun production, distribution, and usage. [1]

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    The solution: Offer $250 for every gun turned in to the police, no questions asked. Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?

  7. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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    An example (open and closed) of a typical gun safe. A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions.Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as children), for burglary protection and, in more capable safes, to protect the contents from damage by flood, fire or other natural disasters.

  8. 'Ghost gun' companies fail to end New York attorney ... - AOL

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    Nine companies that sell unfinished guns without serial numbers, used to make untraceable "ghost guns," must face a lawsuit by New York's Democratic attorney general seeking to halt their business ...

  9. Snaphance - Wikipedia

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    A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of firearm lock in which a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan ignites the priming powder which fires the gun. [1] It is the mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism .