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Gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (377 words) |
 | A gun is a mechanical device that fires projectiles at high velocity, using a propellant such as gunpowder or compressed air. |
| The term "gun" is often used as a synonym to firearm, but in military usage the term refers only to artillery that fires projectiles at high velocity, such as anti-aircraft artillery, field guns, tank guns, anti-tank guns and naval guns. |
| Etymology: "gun" is found in Middle English as "gonne", and seems to come from the Germanic woman's name Gunhild or Gundhild = "war sword", applied to an early cannon. |
| The American Gun by J.J. Maloney (5395 words) |
| Gun murders in Richmond, Va., reportedly fell by 41 percent after federal prosecutors there initiated an effort to put any felon caught carrying a gun in prison for five years, enlisted the aid of local police in referring cases to the federal court, and waged a publicity campaign to inform the public of the program. |
| The avowed purpose of gun laws – in the context of the current debate – is to keep guns out of the hands of persons who have demonstrated, at any time in their lives, a failure of character. |
| The ''gun problem'' is not only a problem of guns, but of the rapid proliferation of guns in a society far different than it was as recently as the 1950s. |
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