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	Automatic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Automatic, a 1989 album by The Jesus and Mary Chain.
		Automatic refers to any self-operating machine or automaton.
		Automatic is also the title of several albums:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Automatic (108 words)

	page15.html
		Although automatic firearms (by definition) are capable of full-automatic fire, most also have a selective fire capability, meaning that they can be used as a semi-automatic firearm generally by manipulating a selector switch (as with the M16), or by pressing the trigger further to the rear, as with the Steyr AUG assault rifle.
		So-called "automatic" pistols, however, are actually semi-automatic in operation, firing a single shot for each trigger press, automatically ejecting the spent cartridge and loading a fresh one into the chamber.
		The gas-operated system for implementing automatic reloading of a firearm is one of five such systems, the others being recoil-operated, Gatling, chain, and blowback.
	gunshowonthenet.com /page15.html (13976 words)

	SAAMI Online / Index Page
		A firearm that features a movable forearm that is manually actuated to chamber a round, eject the casing, and put another round in position to fire.
		First used for firearms in the 13th century, it is a mechanical mixture of potassium or sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
		The matching of the marks on a bullet to the rifling of a particular firearm is an important tool for law enforcement in determining whether a bullet was fired from a particular firearm.
	www.saami.org /glossary.html (2593 words)

	patent.txt
		Thus, what is required is a simple device for converting a semi-automatic firearm into an automatic firearm.
		This pivoting action of the retrofitted attachment requires significant, independent movement of the attachment itself during automatic operation, which is undesirable as it may lead to failures, mis-fires, etc. Further, cuts to the stock of the rifle are necessary to install the attachment.
		1c-d depict automatic operation of the gun, wherein the disconnector 102 of the fire selector system 100 is shown in its forward longitudinal position (i.e., moved a distance 101).
	www.beige.org /~gltweasl/stuff/patent/patent.txt (2636 words)

	NRA-ILA :: Fact Sheets
		It is crime punishable with 10-years imprisonment for anyone to alter a semi-automatic firearm to make it fire fully automatically.
		The use of a firearm in a violent or drug-trafficking crime is punishable by a five-year mandatory prison sentence.
		It is a crime punishable with 10-years imprisonment to travel from one state to another and acquire, or attempt to acquire, a firearm with the intent to use it in a violent felony.
	www.nraila.org /Issues/factsheets/read.aspx?ID=129 (478 words)

	Law.com
		During transport of his car, a loaded, 9-mm semi-automatic firearm fell from underneath the rear bumper.
		The government contended that the evidence was probative of Cassell's knowing and intentional possession of the firearms recovered from his bedroom, and that his possession of those firearms was not mistaken, accidental, or inadvertent.
		1991) (prior conviction of possession of firearms relevant to current charge of possession of firearm to rebut claim that the current firearm possession was for an "innocent purpose" or "was mere accident or coincidence").
	www.law.com /jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawDecision&t=PrinterFriendlyDecisionMain&cid=1023826491239 (3012 words)

	Semi-automatic rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that, each time the trigger is pulled, fires a single bullet without the need to operate a bolt or other firing or loading mechanism other than the trigger, until the firearm's supply of cartridges is depleted.
		Such perceived (but generally false, as well as highly illegal) easy conversions have attracted the attention of gun control advocates, as nominally semi-automatic rifles are much more freely available than fully-automatic ones in many jurisdictions.
		Some semi-automatic rifles are commonly believed to be easily converted to full automatic fire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Semi-automatic_rifle (257 words)

	Glossary Of Firearm Terms
		Automatic Pistols: A pistol that uses part of the energy of the firing of a cartridge to operate a mechanism that ejects the spent cartridge and loads a new cartridge from a magazine.
		Automatic Rifles: A rifle that uses part of the energy of the firing of a cartridge to operate a mechanism that ejects the spent cartridge and loads a new cartridge from a magazine.
		This absolutely cannot make a firearm completely silent, since there is always some noise from the firing gases, and from the operation of the firearm (at least the striker or hammer falling, and possibly the cycling of the action).
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Firearms/Firearm_Terms.htm (2269 words)

	Firearm Glossary
		A system of operating an automatic or semi-automatic firearm in which a portion of the powder gasses is bled off from the barrel and used to activate a piston or similar device that cycles the breechblock or slide.
		An operation system in self-loading firearms in which the slide or breechblock is driven to the rear by direct gas pressure on the cartridge case head.
		A firearms action in which the barrel and breechface remain locked together during the initial part of the firearm's discharge.
	www.mcsm.org /gloss.html (1685 words)

	Genitron.com - Glossary of Handgun Terms
		Breechloading firearms are classified according to the type of action used, the mechanical means of locking it into place for firing and displacing it for reloading.
		The mechanism of a firearm involved with presenting the cartridge for firing, and in removing the spent casing and introducing a fresh cartridge.
		A self-loading firearm whose breechblock and barrel are not positively locked together, but which incorporates a mechanism which initially restricts the breechblock from moving when fired, delaying its opening.
	www.genitron.com /Glossary.html (2288 words)

	Magazine
		It also refers to a spring-loaded container for the ammunition for a single firearm; see semi-automatic firearm.
		A magazine is a place where goods are stored, particularly a room or building where ammunition is stored.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Magazine.html (223 words)

	U.S. v. Dwayne Cassell
		firearms for that purpose was permissible under Rule 404(b).
		that the firearms were not his, but instead belonged to Hart.
		vant to establish scienter for [a] possession of a firearm
	www.ll.georgetown.edu /federal/judicial/dc/opinions/01opinions/01-3050a.html (3164 words)

	cases.993
		He was apparently stealing firearms, and had already apparently taken one out of the building, so there is apparently no doubt that he was in illegal possession of firearms and using firearms in the course of a crime.
		The firearm is not a "prohibited weapon," but its magazine is--even if the owner doesn't own a firearm the magazine will fit into.
		It was necessary to take it to a firearms show and put it on public display, after notifying the EPS and the media that it would be there, before the EPS seized it.
	teapot.usask.ca /cdn-firearms/NFA/cases.993 (785 words)

	importban-kf.htm
		The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was ordered to suspend importation of 43 imported semi-automatic firearms until a study was completed pertaining to their eligibility for importation under the "sporting use" criteria.
		Specifically, the act states that imported firearms must "be generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes, excluding surplus military firearms.
		Thereafter, the review concluded that not one of the 43 firearms was of sporting use as defined by the Import Restriction section in the 1968 Gun Control Act [18 USC §925(d)(3)].
	rpc.senate.gov /~rpc/releases/1998/importban-kf.htm (1000 words)

	People v. Martinez - California DUI Lawyers
		Appended to count 13 it was alleged appellant personally and intentionally discharged a firearm within the meaning of section 12022.53, subdivision (c), and that appellant personally used a firearm within the meaning of sections 12022.53, subdivision (b) and 12022.5, subdivision (a)(1).
		Appended to each of these counts it was alleged that appellant personally and intentionally discharged a firearm, within the meaning of section 12022.53, subdivision (c), and that appellant personally used a firearm within the meaning of section 12022.5, subdivision (a)(1) and section 12022.53, subdivision (b).
		Appended to counts 9 through 11 it was alleged that appellant used a firearm within the meaning of sections 12022.53, subdivision (b) and 12022.5, subdivision (a).
	www.dui1.com /DuiCaseLawDetail6555.htm (540 words)

	Firearms Demystified
		Unlike a semi-automatic firearm which can jam at inopportune times, the revolver type of firearm — when properly kept and cleaned as all firearms should be — is a completely reliable form of home protection and self-defense.
		The Beretta 92 Brigadier is a 9mm single- or double-action semi-automatic pistol.
		The firearm automatically reloads and re-cocks the firearm for continuous shooting.
	attrition.org /technical/firearms (1262 words)

	New bill targets deadly weapons - Campus
		According to the bill, an assault weapon is "any semi-automatic firearm that is a handgun, any semi-automatic firearm that is a rifle, or any pump-action rifle." Fingerhut said these weapons and related others are militarized and designed specifically to cause death.
		Although Ohioans cannot own a military tank, they can possess an automatic firearm that is capable of emitting thirty-one cartridges without reloading.
		Firearms capable of multiple projectiles are a consequence of technological advancements that may benefit the government but often harm the safety of its citizens.
	www.thelantern.com /news/2004/01/09/Campus/New-Bill.Targets.Deadly.Weapons-579387.shtml (395 words)

	The information resource for the expiration of the 1994 semiauto ban!
		Features such as the barrel shroud and "semiautomatic veriosn of an automatic firearm" were obviously written to target copies of the TEC-9 and MAC-10 and similar type pistols.
		The term ''semiautomatic rifle'' means any repeating rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.
		For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ''antique firearm'' shall not include any weapon which incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof.
	www.awbansunset.com /whatis.html (2236 words)

	Firearm Permit process in New Jersey"
		"Semi-automatic" means a firearm which fires a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger and is self-reloading or automatically chambers a round, cartridge, or bullet.
		"Firearm silencer" means any instrument, attachment, weapon or appliance for causing the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm to be silent, or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm.
		"Rifle" means any firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and using the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.
	www.njguns.com /define.htm (743 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: First Registration, Then Confiscation by Tanya Metaksa
		A new politically-inspired definition entered the debate: "assault weapons." A true military assault weapon is a firearm that is capable of fully automatic fire, like a machine gun, in which one trigger pull shoots multiple bullets.
		By the 1991 cut-off date, only 34,000 firearms were registered, from an estimated 250,000 to 1 million firearms, and manufacturers renamed their firearms to avoid those named guns.
		The gun banners responded to the renamed firearms and in 1991 amended the "assault weapons" law declaring that AR-15 and AK-47 "series" guns (defined as other models, regardless of manufacturer, "that are only variations, with minor differences") were "assault weapons" too.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1827 (884 words)

	content/mllargecapacityprint.asp
		Automatic and semi-automatic firearms often use a detachable magazine or feeding device to store cartridges (commonly referred to as "ammunition").
		Although detachable large capacity magazines are typically associated with machine guns or semi-automatic assault weapons, such devices are generally available for any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a detachable magazine.
		Inside the magazine, a spring forces cartridges into position to be fed into the chamber by operation of the firearm's action.
	www.lcav.org /content/mllargecapacityprint.asp (1166 words)

	State v. Vellina
		Sentence of imprisonment for use of a firearm, semiautomatic firearm, or automatic firearm in a felony.
		HRS § 706-660.1 is entitled "[s]entence of imprisonment for use of a firearm, semi-automatic firearm, or automatic firearm in a felony." (Emphasis added.) See supra note 4.
		Nevertheless, Vellina was convicted of two counts of first-degree theft of a firearm, the felonious conduct being the theft of the firearms themselves.
	www.hawaii.gov /jud/26288.htm (3836 words)

	Technical Document Firearm Ownership In Canada
		* Read as: 36 percent of households owning a handgun report at least one handgun is semi- automatic.
		Firearms households in Manitoba/Saskatchewan also appear to own a greater number of firearms on average (3.04) compared to similar households elsewhere in Canada, particularly in Quebec (an estimated average of 2.40 firearms per household) and Atlantic Canada (2.44).
		The prevalence of firearm ownership is estimated to be 23 percent of Canadian households.
	www.cfc-ccaf.gc.ca /pol-leg/res-eval/publications/reports/1990-95/reports/angus_rpt_e.asp (4165 words)

	new.zealand
		A military-style semi-automatic firearm is defined in the new legislation as any semi-automatic firearm, not a pistol, with any one or more of the following characteristics; a folding or telescopic butt; a magazine of fifteen.22 or seven centrefire cartridges; bayonet lugs; a free-standing pistol grip or a flash suppressor.
		New Zealand firearm owners waged a long and public fight to stop the law being introduced but were ultimately unsuccessful.
		However, in a leaked police internal memo the officer in charge of the Firearms Licencing Task-Force, Inspector PS Gubb, admitted this was not done because of lack of resources.
	teapot.usask.ca /cdn-firearms/Laws/new.zealand (1367 words)

	Punch Name & Number Set - Automatic
		Punch Name and Number Set Automatic ¼" punch and 26 letter set, 11 numbers and symbols, mark your tools, furnishings, or equipment, put names on property, gates, addresses, and more.
		Gunsmith Punch Name and Number Set - Automatic
		This is a letter and number punch set for making indentations in wood, paper, leather and metal.
	www.newmexicoguns.com /punchnamenumberset.htm (145 words)

	GOA Alert-- September 08, 2004
		While the gun being auctioned below is not a semi-automatic firearm, it is the actual gun that was used to save the lives of hundreds of South Africans from a terrorist attack more than 10 years ago.
		They are semi-automatic firearms, which means the guns Clinton banned are not used by any military on earth.
		The Bureau of Justice Statistics found in 1993 and 1997 that military-styled firearms -- the so-called "assault weapons" banned in 1994 -- were used in less than two percent of crimes nationwide.
	gunowners.org /a090804.htm (1044 words)

	Henderson Daily News Online
		In 1994, Congress banned automatic and semiautomatic weapons, but it seems there are more reports than ever about shootings involving assault weapons.
		A quick check on the Internet revealed that on the same day a Los Angeles city employee shot two co-workers using the same type of gun that was used in the Tyler killings - a semi-automatic assault weapon.
		Federal law states that automatic weapons can only be used by the military.
	www.hendersondailynews.com /articles/2005/03/11/opinion/02opiniontue.txt (503 words)

	The Winchester Star-New Guns Improve City Police Firepower
		Deliberately safer, that is, due to the recent purchase of high-tech firearms that increase accuracy and decrease the chance of an accidental discharge.
		Along with the new firearms, the department has purchased molded “triple-retention” safety holsters that make it difficult for the gun to be drawn by anyone except the officer carrying it.
		His department has purchased 85 of the firearms in two models — standard and compact.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/000330/story_guns.asp (528 words)

	NRA-ILA :: Articles
		And that brings up a key point: Whenever the anti-gun lobby attacks this firearm or that public policy, they do so by claiming that firearms are useless and impotent for defending against crime, and yet maliciously omnipotent for committing crimes.
		Shotgunners sit back and think their shotguns are safe, rifle owners sit back and think their rifles are safe, handgun owners sit back and think their handguns are safe--while the philosophical foundation of firearm freedom is being undermined for all of us.
		If you allow them to ban entire classes of firearms for no good reason, you allow them to set a precedent that could ultimately cost every one of us our freedom to own any gun at all.
	www.nraila.org /Issues/articles/read.aspx?ID=129 (1772 words)

	newsherald.com: Local/State News
		Beazley was charged with attempted first-degree murder with a semi-automatic firearm, discharging a firearm in public and three counts of shooting into occupied dwellings with a semi-automatic firearm.
		The Bolwares were staying at 919 Cone Ave.
	www.newsherald.com /archive/local/lc010999.htm (494 words)

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