firearm

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firearm

a barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged. It includes any prohibited weapon, whether a lethal weapon or not. A certificate must be obtained to buy or possess a firearm. There are rules covering imitation firearms.

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Now from past habit I still thought in the stone age, and in my thoughts of the stone age there were no thoughts of firearms.

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ENPNewswire-September 4, 2019--TSA officers detect loaded firearm at Boston Logan International Airport; 13 firearms caught at BOS so far this year

TSA officers detect loaded firearm at Boston Logan International Airport; 13 firearms caught at BOS so far this year

In a media statement issued on Friday, Head of NamPol's public relations division, deputy commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi stated that most of these firearms were stolen during housebreaking and/or theft out of motor vehicles and this is a great concern as it is evident of the negligent ways in which firearm owners are handling their firearms which is in contradiction with the rules of firearms safekeeping, resulting in firearms being stolen easily.

301 firearms reported stolen to NamPol since 2018

Modern records go back as far as 2002/03 when there were 10,248 offences recorded with a firearm as the principal weapon.

FIREARM CRIMES SHOOTING UP After years of decline the number is now the rise

Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaport complex halted the illegal import of Chinese-made firearm parts valued at $378,225.

CBP Seizes Illicit Shipment Of Chinese Firearm Parts

TSA contacted the Philadelphia Police Department, which responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the firearm and detained the woman for questioning before citing her on weapons violations.

United States : TSA officers stop Delaware County woman with loaded handgun at Philadelphia International Airport checkpoint

62 caliber- 1 Dragunov sniper rifle- 1 short-caliber rifles- 1 Simonov self-loading carbine- 1 traumatic pistol "Corporal"- 3 pistols- 1 Saiga firearm (hunting carbine)- 7 Pompovo firearms- 1 Fabarm firearm- 1 firearm "Progress"- 1 TOZ hunting rifle.

24 units of firearms seized on territory of Atambayev's house General Prosecutor's Office

MONDAY, July 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- There is an association for state-level firearm ownership rates with domestic, but not nondomestic, firearm homicide, according to a study published online July 22 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

State-Level Firearm Ownership Linked to Domestic Firearm Homicide; No correlation observed for firearm ownership with nondomestic firearm homicide

Italy-based Pietta Firearms, longtime maker of historical firearm reproductions, announces its complete line is available in the U.S.

Pietta Firearms Expands To U.S

The police colonel said theapplication for renewal of a license to own a firearm would resume when the election gun ban is lifted after June 12.

PNP orders recall of Erwin Tulfo's firearms

'I was forced to surrender the firearm at Kilimani Police station the same day which I did.

Kimilili MP sues Matiang'i over withdrawal of his gun

First, a bond is requiredfor Licenses to Own and Possess Firearms, including its renewal,issued to individuals (Section 9) and to juridical entities, as well as local government units and government-owned and -controlled corporations, known as the firearm bond.Compliance with the bond requirements is a must before a registration card can be issued for each firearm.A firearm bond is imposed for each firearm registered under a licensed citizen.