Under the Section 13 of Cap 238 Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance of the Hong Kong law, unrestricted firearms and ammunition requires a license.

Firearms manufacturers give guarantee as long as the handloaded ammunition is within the correct parameters.

All expanding ammunition, including hollow point bullets, falls under Section 5 ( prohibited weapons ) of the Firearms Act 1968 and so is illegal to possess or transfer without the written permission of the Home Secretary.

* Firearms and appropriate ammunition

Pistols, revolvers, rifles and ammunition, but not shotguns, were much more tightly controlled by the Firearms Act of 1920, which made it illegal to possess these weapons without first obtaining a certificate from the police and registering each individual firearm.

According to a 21 Sep 2011 " Open Letter to All Federal Firearms Licensees " from ATF, holders of state-issued medical marijuana cards are automatically " prohibited persons " under 18 U. S. C 922 ( g )( 3 ) and " shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition " by a medical marijuana card holder is a violation.

* Firearms which have fully automatic fire capability, or " converted automatics " ( i. e.: firearms which were originally semi-automatic, but have been modified to discharge ammunition in a automatic fashion )

The certificate also sets out, by calibre, the maximum quantities of ammunition which may be bought or possessed at any one time, and is used to record the purchasing of ammunition ( except where ammunition is both bought and used immediately on a range under s11 or s15 of the Firearms Acts ).

While applicants for Firearms Certificates had to show a good reason for possessing the firearm or ammunition, this did not apply to Shotgun Certificates.

Firearms had to be locked up, and ammunition stored and locked in a different cabinet.

* Commission Internationale Permanente pour l ' Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives, " Permanent International Commission for Firearms Testing "-body that sets standards for firearms and ammunition in participating countries

* Firearms ammunition

Slugs, which contain only one projectile and usually exceed 0. 36 inch in diameter, are therefore controlled under the Firearms Act in the same way that rifle or handgun ammunition are, and require a firearms certificate to possess.

The protocol aims to combat and prevent transnational smuggling as well as to promote cooperative measures for enhancing protective measures for victims. The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition was adopted to prevent and provide a cooperative measure for illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition.

Firearms can also suffer from pitting, most notably in the bore of the barrel when corrosive ammunition is used and the barrel is not cleaned soon afterward.

A Federal Firearms License ( FFL ) is a license that enables an individual or a company to engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture of firearms and ammunition or the interstate and intrastate sale of firearms.

In the evening after the attempted 21 July 2005 bombings, Specialist Firearms Officers supporting the search for the bombers were issued with hollow point ammunition.

The London Metropolitan police's Specialist Firearms Command ( CO19 ) is a group of armed police used in dangerous situations including hostage taking, armed robbery / assault and terrorism.

The law enforcement functions of ATF, including the regulation of legitimate traffic in firearms and explosives, were transferred to the Department of Justice as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ( BATFE ).

The perpetrators committed numerous felony violations of state and federal law, including the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act of 1968, even before the massacre began.

The city also has numerous federal government employers including the Internal Revenue Service, U. S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center, U. S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Veteran Administration Center.

As an alternative to RIFs, IFs ( Imitation Firearms, including ' two tones ') are available.

The Firearms Act 1982 extended the provision of the 1968 Act, including control of imitation firearms.

* Breechloading Firearms: 33, 244 total ( with 1, 858, 156 rounds of munition ), and of these, a total of 29, 016 were distributed to the 5 corps, including:

The police operation to catch the robbers was codenamed " Operation Magician ", and involved 200 officers, including forty Specialist Firearms Officers from SO19.

Firearms ( including air guns ) were used in 21, 521 recorded crimes.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, state, and local law enforcement agencies subsequently investigated this area and found the Church Universal and Triumphant's Leaders, including Elisabeth Clare Prophet's husband, to have been complicit in obtaining and hoarding weapons.

Firearms include a flare gun, sawed-off shotgun and a Tommy gun, explosive weapons like dynamite and a napalm launcher, a shock rifle named after inventor Nikola Tesla and several dark magic artifacts, including a Voodoo doll, and most uniquely, aerosol canisters that can be used as flamethrowers or bombs.

John Hicks, an Orillia-area computer consultant, and webmaster for the Canada Firearms Centre, has said that anyone with a home computer could have easily accessed names, addresses and detailed shopping lists ( including make, model and serial number ) of registered guns belonging to licenced firearms owners.

After a permit-to-carry holder shot and killed a man in Memphis for parking too close to his SUV and vandalizing it, the gun database suddenly came to the attention of pro-gun groups, including the NRA and the Tennessee Firearms Association.

All National Firearms Act firearms including destructive devices, must be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who then closely monitor use, transport, and storage of the items.

Firearms that were illegally diverted at or through gun shows were recovered in subsequent crimes, including homicide and robbery, in more than a third of the gun show investigations.

* Firearms code markings, including note of CCC produced M-1s.

Firearms ( including replicas )

Passed in response to public outcry over the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the NFA requires certain types of firearms ( including but not limited to fully automatic firearms and short-barreled rifles and shotguns ) to be registered with the Miscellaneous Tax Unit ( later to be folded into what eventually became the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, or ATF ) which at the time was part of the Bureau of Internal Revenue ( ancestor of today's Internal Revenue Service ), with a $ 200 tax paid at the time of registration and again if the firearm was ever sold.

* Support Group is made up of units which provide a technical and professional service to support criminal investigation, including Criminal Records Bureau, Identification Bureau, Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau and Child Protection Policy Unit.

In 1990, several Kimber employees, including Dan Cooper, left to found Cooper Firearms of Montana.

* Firearms records, including lost or missing firearms

In the United Kingdom, " Any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing " is a Prohibited Weapon, under S. 5 of The Firearms Act 1968.

Title XI, subtitle A, formally known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, but commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban or Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, barred the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms, classified as " assault weapons " ( a non-technical term ), as well as any semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, and which has two or more of the following features: A telescoping or folding stock, a pistol grip, a flash suppressor, a grenade launcher, and a bayonet lug.

BATFE has held that it is illegal to place an aftermarket foregrip on any pistol / handgun without first registering it as an AOW and paying the $ 200 " making tax " imposed by the National Firearms Act ( NFA ).

Firearms meeting the definition of “ any other weapon ” are weapons or devices capable of being concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive.

In Hong Kong, " any accessory to such arms designed or adapted to diminish the noise or flash " is within the definition of ' arms ' under the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance ( HK Laws.

Ranged is handled similarly, but the character rolls their Dexterity + Firearms, or Dexterity + Athletics ( Throwing ) dice pools to hit the target, further Modified by distance and any cover.

* Firearms prescribed as restricted by the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted ( SOR / 98-462 ), and any variant or modified version of them:

In the context of United States federal gun laws, a straw purchase is defined as any purchase from a dealer holding a Federal Firearms License where the buyer conducting the transaction is acting as a proxy for another person.

( It should, however, be noted that The Terrorist Firearms Detection Act in question only outlawed guns with less than 3. 2 oz of metal in them, making the law largely symbolic for both sides ; as 83. 7 % weight of any Glock pistol is normal ordnance steel.

A Firearms Acquisition Certificate ( FAC ) was required to purchase any firearm since its implementation in 1977, although additional restrictions applied for handguns ( restricted-1934 ) and fully automatic firearms ( prohibited − 1977 ).

Following presentation of the petition and a speech by one of the founders, Ann Pearston, to the 1996 Labour Party conference, the new Labour government of Tony Blair introduced the Firearms ( Amendment ) ( No. 2 ) Act 1997, which also banned private ownership of. 22 rimfire handguns which effectivly removed the UK national team from having any future possibilty of competing well in international pistol shooting competitions.

They may apply to court for a preventative prohibition order if it is in the public's interest that a person should not be in possession of any weapons regulated under the Firearms Act.

The report it issued recommended " stringent regulation " of rifles and small arms as " the number of persons who can urge any reasonable ground for possession of a revolver or pistol is extremely small the danger attending the indiscriminate possession of such weapons is obvious ", conclusions which led to the passage of the Firearms Act 1920.

: No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners Protection Act may require that records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or disposition be established.