Glossary

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.

The flash of visible light created by firing a round through the barrel caused by the combustion of the gunpowder mixing with the air.

is any firearm, pistol or long gun, which the projectile and usually the propellant charge is loaded from the muzzle of the gun.

An attachment to the barrel that redirects some of the pressurized gas propellent that fired the bullet out of the muzzle to the sides and possibly rearwards from the direction of the bullet, reducing the recoil of the firearm.

The kinetic energy in foot-pounds of the bullet as it leaves the muzzle – the faster and heavier the bullet = higher energy.

This is the open end of the barrel where the bullet or other projectile exits the gun.

Awareness and responsibility for which direction your firearm is pointed at all times.

This is the term for the end of a gun’s barrel. The muzzle is where the projectile exits the firearm.

The description of a bullet which has expanded after penetration of the target to a mushroom or flower shape.

Modern Sporting Rifle.