GUNS:
This course is designed to teach children the basic principles of gun safety in a simple, engaging, and age-appropriate way. The goal is to ensure that kids understand the serious responsibility that comes with handling or encountering a firearm.
WORDS TO KNOW
WORDS TO KNOW
- Firearm: A portable gun designed to be used by a person.
- Trigger: Mechanism that initiates the firing sequence of a firearm.
- Caliber: Diameter of the gun barrel or bullet.
- Magazine: Device for storing and feeding ammunition into a firearm.
- Safety: Mechanism to prevent accidental firing of a gun.
- Barrel: Tube through which bullets are fired in a gun.
- Bullet: Projectile fired from a firearm.
- Reload: Process of putting fresh ammunition into a gun.
- Firing Pin: Component that strikes the primer to ignite the gunpowder.
- Holster: Leather or fabric case for carrying a handgun.
- Recoil: Backward force experienced by a shooter after firing a gun.
- Sight: Device for aiming a firearm accurately.
- Trigger Discipline: Practice of keeping the finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
- Chamber: Part of a gun where the cartridge is inserted.
- Gunpowder: Explosive substance used to propel bullets in firearms.
- Muzzle: Front end of a gun barrel.
- Jam: Malfunction that prevents a firearm from firing.
- Stock: Handle and butt of a long gun.
- Semi-Automatic: Firearm that automatically loads a new round after each shot.
- Revolver: Handgun with a rotating cylinder containing multiple chambers.
- Cartridge: Complete unit containing bullet, gunpowder, and primer.
- Bolt Action: Manual operation of a firearm by manipulating a bolt mechanism.
- Rifle: Long-barreled firearm with grooved rifling inside the barrel.
- Shotgun: Firearm with a smooth-bored barrel used for firing pellets or slugs.
- Gun Lock: Device to secure a firearm and prevent unauthorized use.
- Concealed Carry: Legal practice of carrying a concealed firearm in public.
- Gunsmith: A person skilled in repairing and modifying firearms.
- Double Action: Trigger mechanism that both cocks and releases the hammer in one motion.
- Bulletproof Vest: Body armor designed to protect against bullets.
- Gun Control: Regulation and legislation concerning firearms and their use.