Glossary

National Shooting Sports Foundation – preserves hunting and shooting sports.

The Institute for Legislative Action is the lobbying arm of the National rifle association.

A kind of iron sights that glow or are visible in the dark, intended for use in low light conditions.

The National Firearms Act of 1934 regulates the sale and possession of a certain class of firearms such as the mandatory registration of fully automatic firearms, sawed off rifles or shotguns, and firearm silencers.

When a shooter has an unplanned discharge of a firearm caused by a failure to observe the basic safety rules, and is not a mechanical failure of the gun, but a human error.

The speed of the bullet or other projectile, measured in feet per second, after it leaves the barrel.

The portion of the cartridge casing that grips the bullet.