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  2. Telescopic sight - Wikipedia

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    A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope informally, is an optical sighting device based on a refracting telescope. [ 1] It is equipped with some form of a referencing pattern – known as a reticle – mounted in a focally appropriate position in its optical system to provide an accurate point of aim.

  3. District of Columbia v. Heller - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Const. amend. II; D.C. Code §§ 7-2502.02 (a) (4), 22–4504, 7–2507.02. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms —unconnected with service in a ...

  4. M1 Garand - Wikipedia

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    The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. [14]

  5. Arisaka - Wikipedia

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    Front: fixed blade. Sniper variants: factory-zeroed scope. The Arisaka rifle ( Japanese: 有坂銃, romanized : Arisaka-jū) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, which were produced and used since approximately 1897, when it replaced the Murata rifle ( 村田銃, Murata-jū) family, until the end of World War II in 1945.

  6. M1941 Johnson rifle - Wikipedia

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    10 round rotary magazine. Sights. Adjustable Iron Sights. The M1941 Johnson Rifle is an American short-recoil operated semi-automatic rifle designed by Melvin Johnson prior to World War II. The M1941 unsuccessfully competed with the contemporary M1 Garand rifle but was used in limited numbers by the US Marines [ 2] during the Second World War.

  7. C79 optical sight - Wikipedia

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    C79 optical sight. The C79 optical sight ( SpecterOS3.4x) is a telescopic sight manufactured by Elcan. A variant, the M145 Machine Gun Optic is in use by the US military. It is 3.4×28, meaning 3.4x magnification, and a 28mm diameter objective lens. A tritium illuminated reticle provides for normal and low-light conditions sighting. [ 1]

  8. People v. Aguilar - Wikipedia

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    People v. Aguilar, 2 N.E.3d 321 (Ill. 2013), was an Illinois Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (AUUF) statute violated the right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The Court stated that this was because the statute amounted to a wholesale statutory ban on the ...

  9. M24 sniper weapon system - Wikipedia

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    M24 sniper weapon system. 5.6 kg (12 lb) empty, without scope (M24A3). The M24 Sniper Weapon System ( SWS) or M24 is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988. The M24 is referred to as a "weapon system ...