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  2. 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.

  3. Gun safety - Wikipedia

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    Firearm handling safety poster. 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 ...

  4. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Safety (firearms) Close-up shot of a safety of an M16A2 rifle. In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling. Safeties can generally be divided into subtypes such as internal safeties (which typically do not receive input from the user) and ...

  5. Sentry Group - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.sentrysafe.com. A SentrySafe safe; requires a combination and a four-way key. SentrySafe is a brand of safes manufactured in Rochester, New York. It is owned by the Master Lock Company. [1] It markets safes designed for home, business, and gun storage. In addition to security, SentrySafe includes a range of Underwriters ...

  6. List of rifles - Wikipedia

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    A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.

  7. Safe-cracking - Wikipedia

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    This pin can also be moved by the impact of the safe being dropped or struck while on its side, which allows the safe to be opened. [9] [10] [11] One security researcher taught his three-year-old son how to open most consumer gun safes. More expensive safes use a gear mechanism that is less susceptible to mechanical attacks.

  8. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control bills into law. Here ...

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    Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! NEWSOM SIGNS SLATE OF GUN BILLS INTO LAW. California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a number of gun-related bills into law. A few of them grabbed ...

  9. Selective fire - Wikipedia

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    The has four modes: safe (at which the rifle cannot be fired; S), one round (1), three-round burst (3) and full automatic (obscured by the switch lever). Selective fire, or select fire, is the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, fully automatic, and/or burst mode. [1] The modes are chosen by means of a selector ...