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  2. Saturday night special - Wikipedia

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    The term "Saturday night special" refers to cheap guns used in poor neighborhoods. They are usually small, of small caliber, and often unreliable or inaccurate. A single definition is not easy to come by; while legislation in the United States has tried to define them as either "unsafe" or "of no legitimate purpose", these attempts to define ...

  3. FP-45 Liberator - Wikipedia

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    The FP-45 Liberator is a handgun manufactured by the United States military during World War II for use by resistance forces in occupied territories. The Liberator was never issued to American or other Allied troops, and there are few documented instances of the weapon being used for its intended purpose; this was compounded by the intended recipients – irregulars and resistance fighters ...

  4. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    A zip gun constructed from a toy cap gun. The gun is capable of shooting a .22 caliber round. More advanced improvised guns can use parts from other gun-like products. One example is the cap gun. A cap gun can be disassembled, and a barrel added, turning the toy gun into a real one.

  5. ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

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    According to the ATF report, California was the leading source of former police guns later used in crimes. While former police guns represented just a fraction of the nation's crime guns—a ...

  6. Röhm RG-14 - Wikipedia

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    Until 1968, the guns were manufactured in Germany. The Gun Control Act of 1968 prevented their import unto the US, so subsequently they were manufactured at a Röhm factory in Miami. The RG-14 is known colloquially as a Saturday night special, a general category of cheap, low quality handguns. The frame is made from zinc alloy, with a steel ...

  7. A tiny and cheap device called a 'Glock switch' lets ... - AOL

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    An ATF report on guns used in crimes found that the number of machine gun conversion devices seized by law enforcement went up 570% from 2017 to 2021, and officials say preliminary numbers from ...

  8. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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    This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents." [ 3 ] The world's armed forces control about 133 million (about 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries, the Russian Federation (30.3 million) and the People's Republic of China (27.5 million). [ 2 ]

  9. List of firearm brands - Wikipedia

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    Horizon Firearms Kaspar United States Civilian Holland & Holland: United Kingdom Civilian Howa: Howa: Japan Civilian, military HS HS Produkt: Croatia Civilian, law enforcement, military, security Handguns, machine guns Indo-Russia Rifles: Advanced Weapons and Equipment India: India Military Infinity Firearms Strayer Voigt Inc: United States ...