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machine gun
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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ma·chine gun
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n.
an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed.
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v.
(ma·chine-gun) [tr.]
shoot with a machine gun.
DERIVATIVES:
ma·chine-gun·ner
n.
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Machine guns rumble mountains, Shinnston range attacts shooters of automatic arms
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 6/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...chatter of .50-caliber heavy machine gun fire slices through the steamy...twice-yearly Mecca for machine gun fans. Tens of thousands of machine gun enthusiasts travel to Knob Creek...don't own their own machine guns can rent them. Fully automatic...
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Everything you need for mounting.(Machine Guns ...)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly; 8/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...1005-01-503-0141 OR M122A1 machine gun tripod mount, NSN 1005-01...3159 Carriage and Cradle WITH M3 machine gun tripod mount, NSN 1005-00...NSN 3120-01-188-5082 OR M66 machine gun mount ring, NSN 1005-00-701...
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GOP gets fired up at fundraiser; Machine guns draw Republican dollars
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 8/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Someone who uses a machine gun can shoot off hundreds...and semi-automatic guns must pull the trigger...supports responsible gun ownership, but it would...tommy gun, the automatic gun made famous by mobsters...said he first shot a machine gun as a teenager in ...
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SUPREME COURT BACKS BAN ON MACHINE GUNS.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/15/1991; 700+ words
; ...private possession of machine guns. In a defeat for the...refused to hear a Georgia gun manufacturer's argument...prohibit possession of machine guns registered with...arms. The machine-gun dispute began when Farmer...and register a machine gun, the Associated ...
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Machine Guns and `Homicidal People'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/14/1991; 700+ words
; ...commentary "No Right To Bear Machine Guns" {op-ed, Jan. 1...legitimate need for a machine gun. I did not renew my...held {fully automatic} guns which are the problem. ... Registered machine guns that are involved in...data is proof that "gun control" does not work...
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Machine guns are outlawed.(Country conversation & feedback)
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 9/1/2005; ; 636 words
; ...2005 issue titled "Blow guns can be useful but they...sad as no state outlaws machine guns." This statement is...a prime example of why gun owners get a bad name with the anti-gun folks. I firmly believe...such as myself who own guns typically do not have...
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ACCUSED: BUILT MACHINE GUNS FROM KIT
Newspaper article from: News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 4/10/1999; 592 words
; ...assemble all of the illegal machine guns that were seized...possession of 11 machine guns, is in the Metropolitan...received Sten machine gun kits from Ohio Ordnance...said. Possession of a machine gun is punishable by up to...eight Sten machine guns ...
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No Right To Bear Machine Guns
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...an extreme position (machine guns!) it might force the...in mind. You want a gun, join the National Guard...realize that unrestricted gun ownership is a dangerous idea, sensible gun control might become...Charlton Heston's equating machine guns with the American way...
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Norman David Somerville Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Machine Guns.
PR Newswire; 3/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...distributing some 13 machine guns. According to the ATF...caliber anti-aircraft gun, machine guns, explosive powder...panel van and another machine gun mountable on to a gun...30 caliber machine guns were capable of a sustained...
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STARR COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH SELLING MACHINE GUNS, SILENCERS, OTHER FIREARMS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/7/2008; 700+ words
; ...and possessing and receiving machine guns between March and April...barreled rifle and a MAK-90 machine gun during and in relation...unlawful delivery or transfer of machine guns and a short-barreled rifle...possession and transfer of a machine gun carries a maximum ...
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Machine Guns
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Machine Guns are repeating firearms that...offered its first machine gun: Wilson Ager's single...cooled, British Vickers machine gun (gun, tripod, and full water...battlefields by machine guns and artillery , each U...
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machine gun
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
machine gun an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed. v. machine-gun shoot with a machine gun. machine-gunner n.
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Thompson Submachine Gun
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...Submachine Gun Background A machine gun is a weapon that fires a continuous...worked to come up with such a gun, and early models are the well-known Gatling gun, used prominently in the...patented in 1883. Machine guns of various makes were instrumental...
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Gatling Gun
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...The precursor of the modern machine gun was invented in 1862 by...and manufactured agricultural machines. Previous attempts at designing...x2010;loading primitive machine gun. The Gatling gun featured a circle of ten barrels...x2010;fed hopper. The gun could be fired ...
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Gun Control
Book article from: National Survey of State Laws
...mental disabilities cannot. Machine guns, automatic weapons, sawed-off shotguns, and guns with silencers are banned...applied to the purchase of guns is a waiting period, in which...an individual purchases a gun and is able to take possession...
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