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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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gun heavy piece of ordnance, cannon XIV; †large engine of war; portable fire-arm XV. ME.
gunne,
gonne; perh. repr. pet-form (*
Gunna) of the Scand. female name
Gunnhildr (f.
gunnr +
hildr, both meaning ‘war’).
Hence
gunner XIV. Whence
gunnery XVII,
gunpowder,
gunshot XV,
gunsmith XVI,
gunstock XV. So
gun vb. XVII.
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Gun Violence Survivors, Activists Stand with Mayor Menino, Join in Coast-to-Coast Kick Off of Illegal Guns Campaign
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/17/2006; 700+ words
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GUNS
Magazine article from: Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...save their children from guns. Gun-rights advocates say...problem: the people who use guns illegally, Kopel and others say. The gun buyback program, a prominent...equation is simple: Fewer guns mean fewer gun deaths. "We start reducing...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Gun control focus narrows; Advocates target shops like two in the Twin Cities that sell many of the guns that wind up being used in crimes.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...A small number of gun shops account for the vast majority of guns that are used in crimes...south Minneapolis gun store to which authorities traced 144 guns from crime scenes...of reported crime guns associated with the...City Pages' "Best Gun Store" in 1999...
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Guns, Crime, and Health.
Magazine article from: World and I; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...500,000 crimes were committed with guns. But there is another side of the gun debate that gets far less attention. Guns also make it easier for people to...criminals simply by brandishing the gun. Guns and children But that doesn't explain...
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 "Courier-News (Elgin, IL)")
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"Guns are fluid. Guns are like currency. Guns are not the type of
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 7/3/1999; 700+ words
; ...GENEVA -- Several guns were reported missing from a Dundee gun shop this week, Kane...the bureau whenever guns are missing. He said certified gun dealers, local police...relationship with G.A.T. Guns or whether the gun shop has had any problems...
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Guns Are Not Toys
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/20/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...day are injured in gun accidents at home. Guns often are found in...parents feel about guns? People on both sides of the gun question agree about...kids must learn about gun safety. Here are...rules: Treat all guns as if they are loaded...
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Guns and crime.(effect of hand guns on crime, analysis)
Magazine article from: Southern Economic Journal; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Lott 2001). So, do guns cause more or less...relationship between gun availability and crime...direct measure of gun prevalence. In the...equation model of crime, guns, and sanctions...problems associated with gun prevalence, and we...of a new measure of guns. Section 4 describes...
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Gun buy back program benefits questioned
Magazine article from: Law & Order; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...cash to buy better guns. It is true that early gun buy-back programs...have been turning in guns that were gathering...the attic. "These gun buy-backs are giving...offenders who are using guns." Cottrol agrees...there are enough gun laws and feels that...
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Guns and Votes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...issues other than guns -- the environment...good economy. But gun control is an important...won only by favoring gun control. It's entirely...rural areas, and that guns were a drag on Gore...defend the right to own guns but also argue that law-abiding gun owners need not fear...
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Gun Control Act of 1968
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
...contain the owner licensing and gun registration provisions that...in 1934. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION IN THE 1960s...ferocious political battles, the Gun Control Act traveled quite a...legislation to include "long guns," including rifles and shotguns...
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Gun Control
Book article from: National Survey of State Laws
...applied to the purchase of guns is a waiting period...individual purchases a gun and is able to take possession...controversial restriction on gun ownership surrounds possession of guns in schools. The controversy...in 1995, the Federal Gun-Free School Zone Act...
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Guns in America
Book article from: American Decades
...purchasing and owning guns. Culturally, the...revulsion against gun violence. Recent...controversial More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (1998...Lott Jr., More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws (Chicago...
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Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...xA0; a gunman: a hired gun. ∎ ( guns ) dated Nautical slang...industry has been going great guns recently. jump the gun inf. act before the proper...we have stuck to our guns on that issue. top gun a (or the) most important...
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Machine Guns
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...fully automatic machine guns practical. In 1898...improvised machine‐gun unit with Gatling guns manned by infantrymen...cooled, light machine gun carried and operated by...infantryman. From 50 machine guns in early 1917, U.S...
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