Guns:Fire Arms

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GUNS- FIRE ARMS

A gun is a weapon that shoots projectiles at high velocity, the gun uses a hollow, tubular barrel and with a closed end, which is the breech which is the means of directing the bullet. At a time weapons, guns that were land based artillery were called cannons and sea based navel called them guns, the term ‘gun’ slowly came to be a generic term for any weapon that fired projectiles.

Basic part of a hand gun: Trigger, hammer, barrel, ejection port

The projectile, bullets are propelled using a gun. Without ammunition the gun would have no purpose. Bullets were first stoned balls or metallic for hunting purposes, till gunpowder was introduced the technology became more advance with the design of the ammunition, not till 1823 in where the British army design pointed bullets which was much more effective than a circular ball, this is where the design and the shape of the bullet became important for greater efficiency and accuracy.

A modern cartridge consists of the following:

1. the bullet itself, which serves as the projectile;

2. the case, which holds all parts together;

3. the propellant, for example gunpowder or cordite;

4. the rim, part of the casing used for loading;

5. the primer, which ignites the propellant.

There are many different types of ammunition, ammunition for hand held guns are small and short in design, ammunition for rifles are big, long and designed for distance and accuracy and shotguns are design for close range and hunting purpose ammunitions for shot guns are different to other bullets, as they are called cartridge shells. When they are fired the bullet is scattered requiring less accuracy and skill to hit a target. Commonly used for hunting and close range shooting.

Weapons today are usually used in military and police forces but there are recreational uses like hunting, personal collections and sporting competitions. Other than the army or police uses, guns especial shotgun and rifles are used commonly for hunting and sporting purposes. Shooting sports are mostly the test proficiency, accuracy and speed using various types of guns. Most common uses in shooting sports are shotguns, the sports of trap shooting, skeet shooting and sporting clays. They involve shooting clay discs, known as clay pigeons, thrown in various ways using ‘Traps’ which shoot the clay pigeons in the air for the shooter. Both skeet and trap competitions are featured at the Olympic Games.

Guns have evolved very rapidly with the technology of the today and there are many different types which has different purposes:

Military firearms http://militaryguns.net.au/ is a website for a community who are interested in military guns and would like to collect it. People can interact with the owner f this website and study the fire arms together. You can buy the gun from this website too and still because it is a very dangerous thing, regulations are still applied. For example, "Shipping - By law firearms can only be sent to a licenced Gun Dealer, Club Armourer or a Police Station (where there is no local Gun Dealer)."

- Long gun - Arquebus - Blunderbuss - Musket - Musketoon - Wall gun - Grenade launcher - Submachine gun - Personal defense weapon - Rifle - Lever action rifle - Bolt action rifle - Assault rifle - Battle rifle - Carbine - Service rifle - Sniper rifle - Shotgun - Combat shotgun - Semi-automatic shotgun - Automatic shotgun

Machine guns Machine guns are quite popular among the gun enthusiast because of it is powerful and able to shot fat and rapid in one go. However, this is one of the hardest firearms available for people to buy as it is more expensive and cannot be use for shooting sport or hunting.

- Gatling gun - Minigun - Machine revolver - Nordenfelt gun - Metal storm - Mitrailleuse - Submachine gun - Machine pistol - Machine gun - General-purpose machine gun - Light machine gun - Squad automatic weapon - Infantry Automatic Rifle - Medium machine gun - Heavy machine gun

Handguns Handguns are very popular as it is easy to carry around and some of the models are very powerful too. However, Because some models are small and too easy to carry around, handguns are a very popular type of firearm used for crime and police always carry at least one just in case.

- Handgun - Pistol - Service pistol - Revolver - Service revolver - Machine pistol

Autocannon Autocannon works pretty much the same as machine guns. The difference is it is a rapid-fire projectile weapon firing a shell as opposed to the bullet fired by a machine gun. They also often have a larger caliber than a machine gun and works with various ammunition.

- Autocannon - Chain gun - Revolver cannon

Artillery guns Artillery guns are limited only used in war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons. The engine need some energy for it to works, whether its mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic.

- Artillery gun - Cannon - Carronade - Falconet - Field gun - Howitzer

Tank guns Tank guns are a specific field of weapon design that meet the particular needs of the tank. As the primary weapon in tanks, the guns are very powerful to defeat enemies in all ranges.

- Tank gun

Hunting guns http://www.ahsa.info/ is a website for Australian hunting enthusiast. It provides information about hunting and even sell DVD to learn hunting for amateur who interested in it.

- Elephant gun - Express rifle - Shotgun - Muzzleloader - Breechloader

Guns for training and entertainment These guns are the most likely to form a community. In fact, there are a lot of these guns enthusiast community all over the world. Its also not as hard to modified these guns and make it better than other people's gun. These community usually has their own competition and the regulation for these guns are usually different in every country. for example, the power of the gun can be mod and in certain country it is not allowed to be more than 400fps.

- Airsoft gun - BB gun - Drill Purpose Rifle - Paintball gun - Replica gun - Inert gun - Spud gun - Water gun - Nerf gun

Event thou there are many different types of fire arms that are used not all are accessible for civilians like us to use. Prohibited weapons like automatic machine guns and pump action shotguns usually used in the military and in the police force to protect Australia and the community are band. Countries like America where nearly all guns are legal to everyday people have little gun laws to Australia. Australia has one of the strictest gun laws in the world apart from America which legitimate and legal owners and users of guns, using guns for self defence, sporting uses and recreational uses.

The issue of gun law has become a political controversial and debated. Many different views on how gun laws should be set up in a society, common disagreement is over whether guns should be prohibited in the interest of public safety, or whether citizen should have ownership to improve safety and should be allowed. Australia has strict gun laws and in 1981 John Crook formed for stricter gun laws, and in 1988: The laws of "Gun Control Australia" (GCA) in 1988.

With these gun laws restricts the types of guns allowed Australians to have and owning a firearm in Australians must go through background checks and firearm training to obtain a licence and hold and buy fire arms. This can be obtained from a police station. To be eligible for a Firearm Licence Applications must be a permanent resident of Australia and provide a Victorian residential address to obtain a Victorian Firearm Licence.

People in today’s society don’t have much knowledge of guns and gun laws because of Australia’s policy and laws but in fact it is quite easy to obtain a gun licence. Bring yourself to the police station and applying for one is simple. Most Australian over 18 can pretty much own a gun licence for sporting recreational uses and hunting purposes.

There are many social clubs and shooting ranges communities that teach, coach and have programs to teach safety and discipline using firearms. One of victorias strong community of using you firearm in a safe environment is www.ssaavic.com.au where you’ll find information about guns shooting ranges and events.

Gun or fire arm, as said above, is a very dangerous weapon because it can kill human being instantly in seconds. With its powerful power and explosive ammunition, makes gun a feared thing around community. In that case, government everywhere made regulations for people having fire arms as it’s very risky if it falls onto someone with evil will.

However, people are still very interested in having guns and fire it freely as it is actually very cool for some people. So, people are forming a big community and they ask the council or government to allow them having this club to freely carry guns and having fun with it. They make some fun activity and games which involved firing guns in a safe distance and of course still with regulations as it is still a dangerous thing.

Shooting fire arms involved 3 elements. The elements are material, human, and objects. Material refer to the tool for shooting, human refer to the subject who use the tool, and target refer to the object of activity through a rifle. In Indonesia, to increase the level of safety, government form a big club called PERBAKIN (Persatuan Menembak Sasaran dan Beruburu Seluruh Indonesia) or in English, Target Shooting and Hunting Association of Indonesia.

PERBAKIN Emblem

With the formation of PERBAKIN, there are tasks that must be organised inside the association, for example, to guide others, coordinate, supervise the organizations in the field of shooting across Indonesia, and to establish shooting sports activities. This association is not only a shooting sport but also as a forum who control all the owners of fire arms across Indonesia. Since shooting is one of sports, PERBAKIN involved Indonesia shooter in Asian Games.

Shooting Practice

PERBAKIN as the parent organization of shooting sport in Indonesia since its existence in 1960 has set a few vision, programs, and strategy that always focuses on efforts to make shooting sport can be massive and organized. However it is hard for them to develop if the organization is exclusive for certain groups or communities. The fact that when it first made it only served people with money, it was hard for them to follow their vision. On the other hand, this organization has developed itself into openness and togetherness so that it is known and loved by so many shooting athletes.

Shooting Target