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  2. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    An alternative are striker-fired or "safe action" type firearms which have a consistent trigger pull requiring force greater than required by a single-action design, but lighter than needed for a double-action trigger. Many such firearms do not have an external safety or external hammer (Glock pistols and the Walther P99 and variants). In both ...

  3. Double action - Wikipedia

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    Double action (or double-action) refers to one of two systems in firearms where the trigger both cocks and releases the hammer. Double-action only (DAO) firearms trigger: The trigger both cocks and releases the hammer. There is no single-action function and the hammer will return to its decocked position after each shot.

  4. Civilian Marksmanship Program - Wikipedia

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    The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a national organization dedicated to training and educating U.S. citizens in responsible uses of firearms and airguns through gun safety training, marksmanship training, and competitions. The CMP is a federally chartered 501(c)(3) corporation that places a priority on serving youth through gun safety ...

  5. Gun safety - Wikipedia

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    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, distribution, and usage. [ 1 ]

  6. TN bill requiring 'age-appropriate' gun safety training for ...

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    Covenant School parents and students hold signs to demonstrate for gun safety and common sense gun laws as part of a three-mile human chain from the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at ...

  7. Action (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A break action is a type of firearm where the barrel(s) are hinged and can be "broken open" to expose the breech. Multi-barrel break action firearms are usually subdivided into over-and-under or side-by-side configurations for two barrel configurations or "combination gun" when mixed rifle and shotgun barrels are used.

  8. Joint Service Small Arms Program - Wikipedia

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    First round trigger pull to be double action, followups single action; Slide stop that locks slide open when the magazine is empty; Durability of 5000 rounds with no more than 8 malfunctions; Safety System: Thumb-safety system ambidextrous; De-cocking device to safely lower a cocked hammer; Firing pin block when the hammer is lowered

  9. Firearms instructor, other Lakewood cops reprimanded for ...

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    Danley is a senior Officer and a Firearms Instructor, so he clearly understands firearms safety rules and failed to follow them in this incident,” assistant police chief John Unfred wrote to ...