Gun

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A gun is an aimable weapon that fires projectiles at high velocity, or a device that resembles such a weapon used for other purposes (e.g., glue gun) in common usage. The term is also used for types of artillery with long barrels that fire at a relatively flat trajectory. The term gun is often used as a synonym to firearm, but technically only refers to smoothbore firearms and naval artillery, with rifles not being called a gun.

Most guns are designed to kill people or animals, with a minority being designed for sporting purposes.

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1 See Firearm for the main rifle and gun page. 1.1 Related topics 1.1.1 Types of weapons 1.1.2 Theory 1.1.3 Politics 1.1.4 Lists

See Firearm for the main rifle and gun page.

Related topics

Types of weapons

• Airgun
• Anti-aircraft
• Anti-Materiel Rifle
• Anti-Tank Rifle
• Arquebus
• Artillery
• Assault rifle
• Autocannon
• Brown Bess
• Cannon
• Carbine
• Charleville musket
• Combat shotguns
• Derringer
• Directed Energy Weapons
• Duelling pistols
• Electroshock gun
• Flintlock
• Gatling gun
• Handgun
• Howitzer
• Long gun
• Machine gun
• Machine pistol
• Matchlock
• Metal Storm
• Mortar
• Musket
• Muzzleloader
• Pistol
• Pneumatic
• Railgun
• Recoilless rifle
• Revolver
• Rifle
• Saturday-night special
• Sawn-off shotgun
• Semi-automatic/self-loading pistol
• Semi-automatic
• Shotgun
• Silencer
• Single-shot
• Small arms
• Sniper rifle
• Squirt gun
• Submachine gun
• Supergun
• Wheellock

Theory

• Ballistics
• Electrothermal-chemical technology
• Firearm action
• Optics
• Physics of firearms
• Terminal ballistics

Politics

• Gun law
• Gun politics
• Non-violence

Lists

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• List of aircraft weapons
• List of common WWII weapons
• List of crew served weapons of the US Armed Forces
• List of firearms
• List of individual weapons of the US Armed Forces
• List of modern armament manufacturers
• List of prototype WWII weapons
• List of secondary and special issue WWII weapons
• List of submachineguns
• Lists of weapons in video games
• Military technology and equipment

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