en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/5540785 Comments by Barry Rudd http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-s/#IDComment456101618 The light gun and its ancestor, the light pen, are now rarely used as pointing devices due largely to the popularity of the mouse and changes in monitor display technology—conventional light guns only work with CRT monitors. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:32:40 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-s/#IDComment456101618 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-n/#IDComment456100314 Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target(s) emit light rather than the gun. The first device of this type, the light pen, was used on the MIT Whirlwind computer. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-n/#IDComment456100314 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/08/20/metal-storm-video-clip/#IDComment456098262 . The speed of a shock wave at such high temperature and pressure is much faster than that of any bullet, and would leave the gun as sound either through the barrel or the bullet itself rather than contributing to the bullet's velocity. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:26:42 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/08/20/metal-storm-video-clip/#IDComment456098262 http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/02/chevy-volt-owner-you-can-put-a-gun-rack-in-the-back-of-a-volt/#IDComment456096649 . This is because much of the energy generated in detonation is in the form of a shock wave, which can propagate from the gas to the solid structure and heat or damage the structure, rather than staying as heat to propel the piston or bullet. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:23:56 +0000 http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/02/chevy-volt-owner-you-can-put-a-gun-rack-in-the-back-of-a-volt/#IDComment456096649 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2009/11/25/the-ar-15-the-modern-sporting-rifle/#IDComment456094959 This principle is similar to that of internal combustion engines, except that the bullet leaves the barrel, but the piston transfers its motion to other parts and returns down the cylinder. As in an internal combustion engine, the combustion propagates by deflagration rather than by detonation, and good gunpowder, like good motor fuel, is resistant to detonation. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:21:04 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2009/11/25/the-ar-15-the-modern-sporting-rifle/#IDComment456094959 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/07/18/stricter-gun-control-could-mean-more-criminals-with-machine-guns/#IDComment456093631 Most guns use compressed gas confined by the barrel to propel the bullet up to high speed, though devices operating in other ways are sometimes called guns. In guns that are firearms the high pressure gas is generated by combustion, usually of gun powder. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:18:23 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/07/18/stricter-gun-control-could-mean-more-criminals-with-machine-guns/#IDComment456093631 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-h/#IDComment456092428 Shotguns are normally civilian weapons used primarily for hunting. These weapons are typically smooth bored and fire a shell containing small lead or steel balls. Variations use rifled barrels or fire other projectiles including solid lead slugs, a Taser XREP projectile capable of stunning a target, or other payloads. In military versions, these weapons are often used to burst door hinges or locks in addition to antipersonnel uses. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:16:04 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-h/#IDComment456092428 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-k/#IDComment456091292 In civilian use, a related item used in agriculture is a captive bolt gun. Such captive piston guns are often used to humanely stun farm animals for slaughter. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:13:59 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-k/#IDComment456091292 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/05/17/violent-crime-increases-6-percent-in-chicago/#IDComment456087895 Autocannon are automatic guns designed primarily to fire shells and are mounted on a vehicle or other mount. Machine guns are similar, but usually designed to fire simple projectiles. In some calibers and some usages, these two definitions overlap. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:08:10 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/05/17/violent-crime-increases-6-percent-in-chicago/#IDComment456087895 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/12/24/fake-guns/#IDComment456086534 The word cannon is retained in some cases for the actual gun tube but not the weapon system. The title gunner is applied to the member of the team charged with operating, aiming, and firing a gun. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:05:44 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/12/24/fake-guns/#IDComment456086534 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-aa/#IDComment456085403 variation is the howitzer or gun-howitzer designed to offer the ability to fire both low or high-angle ballistic arcs. In this use, example guns include naval guns. A less strict application of the word is to identify one artillery weapon system or non-machine gun projectile armament on aircraft. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:03:47 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-aa/#IDComment456085403 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-m/#IDComment456084476 In military use, the term "gun" refers primarily to direct fire weapons that capitalize on their muzzle velocity for penetration or range. In modern parlance, these weapons are breech-loaded and built primarily for long range fire with a low or almost flat ballistic arc. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:02:11 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2010-10-20/locked-and-loaded-designed-for-firearm-fans/dc1010fa-m/#IDComment456084476 http://designcrave.com/2011-03-24/30-vintage-mad-magazine-movie-parody-covers/dc032411-m20/#IDComment456082633 Artillerymen were often referred to as "gonners" and "artillers".[4] Early guns and the men who used them were often associated with the devil and the gunner's craft was considered a black art, a point reinforced by the smell of sulfur on battlefields created from the firing of guns along with the muzzle blast and accompanying flash.[5] Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:58:51 +0000 http://designcrave.com/2011-03-24/30-vintage-mad-magazine-movie-parody-covers/dc032411-m20/#IDComment456082633 http://funnycrave.com/gun-raffle-proves-gop-are-well-dorks/23044/#IDComment456080103 The use of the term "cannon" is interchangeable with "gun" as words borrowed from the French language during the early 15th century, from Old French canon, itself a borrowing from the Italian cannone, a "large tube" augmentative of Latin canna "reed or cane".[1] Recent scholarship indicates that the term "gun" may have its origins in the Norse woman's name "Gunnildr" (or "Gunnild", possibly Queen Gunhild of Wenden, wife of King Sweyn Forkbeard[citation needed]), which was often shortened to "Gunna".[2] Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:54:36 +0000 http://funnycrave.com/gun-raffle-proves-gop-are-well-dorks/23044/#IDComment456080103 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/09/02/insight-xti-procyon-tactical-light-review/#IDComment456078498 A gun projectile may be a simple, single-piece item like a bullet, a casing containing a payload like a shotshell or explosive shell, or complex projectile like a sub-caliber projectile and sabot. The propellant may be air, an explosive solid, or an explosive liquid. Some variations like the Gyrojet and certain other types combine the projectile and propellant into a single item Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:51:50 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/09/02/insight-xti-procyon-tactical-light-review/#IDComment456078498 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/10/20/mossberg-500-pump-action-shotgun-review/#IDComment456077489 The more conventional measure is reporting the interior diameter of the barrel in decimal fractions of the inch or in millimeters. Some guns—such as shotguns—report the weapon's gauge or—as in some British ordnance—the weight of the weapon's usual projectile. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:50:02 +0000 http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/10/20/mossberg-500-pump-action-shotgun-review/#IDComment456077489 http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/06/local-artist-transforms-guns-into-sculptures#IDComment456075223 Typically, interior barrel diameter and the associated projectile size is a means to identify gun variations. Barrel diameter is reported in several ways. / Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:46:06 +0000 http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2012/06/local-artist-transforms-guns-into-sculptures#IDComment456075223 http://www.mises.ca/posts/blog/scaling-back-the-state-as-a-solution-to-gun-violence/#IDComment456073355 Barrel types include rifled—a series of spiraled grooves or angles within the barrel—when the projectile requires an induced spin to stabilize it, and smoothbore when the projectile is stabilized by other means or rifling is undesired or unnecessary. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.mises.ca/posts/blog/scaling-back-the-state-as-a-solution-to-gun-violence/#IDComment456073355 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/huckabee-on-colorado-shooting-we-dont-have-a-gun-problem-we-have-a-sin-problem/politics/2012/07/23/44303#IDComment456068324 Most guns are described by the type of barrel used, the means of firing, the purpose of the weapon, the caliber, or the commonly accepted name for a particular variation. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:34:19 +0000 http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/huckabee-on-colorado-shooting-we-dont-have-a-gun-problem-we-have-a-sin-problem/politics/2012/07/23/44303#IDComment456068324 http://www.conceivablytech.com/5619/products/ie9-rc-shockingly-fast-firefox-4-beta-stuck#IDComment456065936 The term "gun" has also taken on a more generic meaning, by which it has come to refer to any one of a number of trigger-initiated, hand-held, and hand-directed implements, especially with an extending bore, which thereby resemble the class of weapon in either form or concept. Examples of this usage include staple gun, nail gun, glue gun, grease gun. Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:30:16 +0000 http://www.conceivablytech.com/5619/products/ie9-rc-shockingly-fast-firefox-4-beta-stuck#IDComment456065936