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Gun. The Gun Licence Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 57), in which 'gun' includes a firearm of any descrip-tion and an air-gun or any other kind of gun from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged,' grants to the Crown 'for every licence to be taken out yearly by every person who shall use or carry a gun in the United Kingdom the sum of 10s.' By s. 6 of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1883, licences expire on July 31st after date. Licences are registered by the inland revenue officers who grant them, and must be produced to such officers on demand. For using a gun without licence except in a dwelling-house, the fine is 10l., but there are six exemptions, being of (1) persons in the naval, military, or volunteer service in discharge of their duty; (2) licensees to kill game; (3) persons carrying such licensee's gun, by his order and for his use, and giving his name and address as well as his own on request of inland revenue officer or constable, or owner or occupier of...

Spring guns

Spring guns. The setting of spring guns, etc., calculated to destroy life or inflict grievous bodily harm on a trespasser, is a misdemeanour, Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 31. Damages are recoverable by a person injured by a spring gun, set without notice, from the person setting it, Bird v. Holbrook, (1828) 4 Bing 628....

Gun-cotton

Gun-cotton. As to the making, sale, etc., of gun-cotton, see the Explosives Act, 1875 and tit. EXPLOSIVES....

Hydropneumatic gun carriage

A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position It is used with some English and European heavy guns...

riot gun

riot gun : a small arm used to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death ;esp : a short-barreled shotgun ...

Gatling gun

An American machine gun consisting of a cluster of barrels which being revolved by a crank are automatically loaded and fired...

Hotchkiss gun

A built up rifled rapid fire gun of oil tempered steel having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket It is made in France...

machine gun

A fully automatic rapid firing rifle which continues to fire bullets repeatedly as long as the trigger is depressed lighter versions may be carried in the hands and heavier versions may be mounted on a tripod vehicle or other mount The lighweight versions are sometimes called a submachine gun...

Maxim gun

A kind of machine gun named after its inventor Hiram S Maxim...

Krupp gun

A breech loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp at Essen in Prussia Guns of over eight inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders those of a smaller size are forged solid...

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