Throughout history, guns have revolutionized to a more advanced and more convinent use. Mainly for protection purposes which includes, self defense and war. There have been many types of guns made throughout history and each one of them progressed over time with more ideas and more advanced technology to make the gun more effective and more powerful. Several types of guns include, the bolt, pump, semiautomatic, lever and automatic. Each one takes a different category in the different types of guns that are made. Every type of gun has it's different functions and some better than most.
One broad category of guns is the HANDGUN, which are designed to be held only in one hand and includes pistols, semiautomatic handguns, machine pistols, revovlers, and derringers.
On another note, another broad category of guns is called LONG GUNS, also known as shoulder guns which include rifles and shot guns which require two hands and your shoulder to place a the gun on so that it has support when you shoot it off.
Finally, the last category of guns is called FIREARMS, which have to be placed on the ground in order to shoot it off due to the heavyness of the machine and how much damage it can do when you set it off. Examples are tanks, foundations, canons, aircraft, etc.
SOURCE: http://www.gunsandcrime.org/guntypes.html
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