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    Firearms regulation in Switzerland allows the acquisition of semi-automatic, and – with a may-issue permit – fully automatic firearms, by Swiss citizens...
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  • Firearms in Canada are federally regulated through the Firearms Act, the Criminal Code, and the Canadian Firearms Program, a program operated within the...
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  • To buy a firearm in France, in line with the European Firearms Directive, a hunting license or a shooting sport license is necessary depending on the...
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    or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by...
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    Scottish Parliament cannot legislate on firearms. Firearms regulation is reserved to Westminster, with the exception in Scotland of air guns since 2012. With...
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  • Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification...
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    laws in the Czech Republic adhere to the European Firearms Directive. Legal accessibility is comparable to those EU countries which consider firearms to...
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  • Treaty, in 1919 the German government passed the Regulations on Weapons Ownership, which declared that "all firearms, as well as all kinds of firearms ammunition...
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    wars, firearms' design underwent fast development and their possession by civilians became a matter of course. Their first firearms regulation was enacted...
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    August 2013. Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide. Firearms Programs Division. U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. p. 176...
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    and B category firearms only subject to authorisation, while C category firearms were subject to registration. Handing over of a firearm to a person from...
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    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...
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  • conversion magazines. In the U.S, a variety of semi-automatic SwissArms firearms are available for sale. Due to U.S. import regulations, they are imported...
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  • overall. Ukraine is the only country in Europe where firearms are not regulated by statute. Everything related to firearms is regulated by Order №622 of the...
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  • in some places allow family members to petition the courts to have firearms temporarily removed and stored elsewhere. More firearms are involved in suicide...
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    monetary value. Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally...
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    Schweizergarde Vatikan": Vatican Papal Swiss Guard in German (SchweizerGarde.ch) The firearms used by the Pontifical Swiss Guard, the smallest army in the world...
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  • firearm, the Canadian parliament amended the Criminal Code to legalise the use of firearms in self-defence. Canadians opposed to the use of firearms for...
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    regarding firearms. The next Federal firearm legislation was the National Firearms Act of 1934, which created regulations for the sale of firearms, established...
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  • developing or fragile states, a combination of weak domestic regulation of authorised firearms possession with theft, loss or corrupt sale from official...
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    single-shot firearms, which can only hold and fire a single round of ammunition, a repeating firearm can store multiple cartridges inside a magazine (as in pistols...
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    as StGB in German), or Betäubungsmittelgesetz (abbr. BetmG, Narcotics Act), or the Strassenverkehrsgesetz (abbr. SVG, Swiss Traffic Regulations). ^a 2016...
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  • unregistered firearm is illegal. Under Section 13 of Cap 238 Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance of the Hong Kong Law, unrestricted use of firearms and ammunition...
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    languages of Switzerland, along with Romansh, spoken by a small minority. Therefore, Swiss culture is characterized by diversity, which is reflected in a wide...
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    marketing term used by the firearms industry to describe modular semi-automatic rifles including AR-15s. Today, nearly every major firearm manufacturer produces...
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  • SIG SG 540 (category Long stroke piston firearms)
    cartridge. Production began between 1973 and 1974, but due to Swiss federal restrictions on firearms exportation, manufacturing had to be carried out at the...
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  • Morini (manufacturer) (category Firearm manufacturers of Switzerland)
    more complicated in Italy, and in 1985 the company decided to move to Lamone, Canton Ticino, the Italian speaking region of Switzerland. In 1990 the company...
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    periods of military service, the firearms of military personnel shall be kept in secure military premises. No firearms are handed over to military personnel...
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  • International Commission for Firearms Testing. The C.I.P. has progressively established a set of uniform rules for the proofing of firearms and ammunition to ensure...
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    Switzerland has 9 million inhabitants, as of June 2024. Its population quadrupled over the period 1800 to 1990 (average doubling time 95 years). Population...
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