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Also known as gun, chemical propellant gun, chemical reaction gun, gun weapon, gun, projectile, projectile gun, gun, chemical propellant, firearms

thumb|upright=1.35|The M16 rifle and the [[AK-47, two common firearms with significant influences on firearm design]] A firearm is any type of gun that shoots projectiles using high explosive pressure generated from combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellant, most often black powder in antique firearms and smokeless powder in modern firearms. Small arms is a subset of light firearms that is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term "firearm" is however variably defined in both technically and legally in different countries (see legal definitions), and can be

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A firearm is any gun that shoots projectiles by using high-pressure explosive force created from burning chemical propellant, typically black powder in older guns and smokeless powder in modern ones. The term is defined differently across countries both technically and legally, and a subset called "small arms" refers to lighter firearms designed to be carried and used by individuals.

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Firearm Injury Prevention.ReviewPediatric clinics of North America · 2023Gastineau KAB, McKay SDOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2023.07.003
Firearm Injury Prevention Advocacy: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.ReviewPediatric clinics of North America · 2023Behrens D, Haasz M, Dodington J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2022.09.002
Unintentional firearm mortality in African-American youths, 2010-2019.ReviewJournal of the National Medical Association · 2021Price JH, Khubchandani J, Foh EPDOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2021.05.009
Firearm Suicides in the Elderly: A Narrative Review and Call for Action.ReviewJournal of community health · 2021Price JH, Khubchandani JDOI: 10.1007/s10900-021-00964-7
Firearm suicide: pathways to risk and methods of prevention.ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology · 2018Houtsma C, Butterworth SE, Anestis MDDOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.002
Firearm-related injuries in children and adolescents: an emergency and critical care perspective.ReviewCurrent opinion in pediatrics · 2020Flaherty MR, Klig JEDOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000905
Reducing Firearm Injuries and Deaths: A Comprehensive Approach.North Carolina medical journal · 2023Proescholdbell S, Marshall SDOI: 10.18043/001c.81260
Firearm policies to keep kids safe: what works & what doesn't.ReviewSeminars in pediatric surgery · 2025Knod JL, Saylors S, Hassan YH et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2025.151523

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Subclass of: projectile weapon
Follows: early thermal weapons
Image: Gun from upper west region.jpg
Has parts of class: military equipment

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topic's main category: Category:Firearms
Commons category: Guns
exact match: wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103444276-n
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic has template: Template:Firearms
Unicode character: 🔫
uses: projectile
different from: cold weapon
hashtag: Guns
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Military history

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