Guns And types!

According to the Indian Arms Act, anyone is not allowed to own a gun without a license. But it doesn’t take a permit to know about them! Keep scrolling for more!

1) A gun is a ranged weapon designed to use a shooting tube to launch typically solid projectiles but can also project pressurized liquid, gas or even charged particles.

Let’s know about gun types!

2) Military Type Guns

● Long gun, Arquebus, Blunderbuss, Musket, Musketoon, Wall gun, Grenade launcher, Submachine gun, Personal defence weapon, Rifle, Lever-action rifle, Bolt-action rifle, Assault rifle, Battle rifle, Carbine, Designated marksman rifle, Service rifle, Sniper rifle, Shotgun, Combat shotgun, Semi-automatic Shotgun, Automatic shotgun

3) Handguns

● Handgun, Derringer, Pistol, Machine pistol, Service Pistol, Revolver.

Hunting

● Air gun, BB gun, Elephant gun, Express rifle, Rimfire rifle, Speargun, Varmint rifle

4) Machine Guns

● Gatling gun, Minigun, Nordenfelt gun, Metal Storm, Mitrailleuse, Submachine gun, Machine pistol, Machine gun, General-purpose machine gun, Light machine gun, Squad Automatic Weapon, Infantry Automatic Rifle, Medium machine gun, Heavy machine gun

5) Autocannon

● Autocannon, Chain gun, Revolver cannon

6) Artillery

● Artillery gun, Cannon, Carronade, Falconet, Field gun, Howitzer

Tank

● Tank gun

7) Rescue equipment

● Flare gun, Lyle gun

8) Training and entertainment

● Airsoft gun, Drill Purpose Rifle, Paintball gun, Potato cannon, Spud gun, Cap gun, Water gun, Nerf gun

9) Energy

● Directed-energy weapon