firearm safety device

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• Safety (firearms) — This article is about the mechanical safety devices built into most firearms. For the main article about firearm safety education, see Gun safety. Close up shot of a safety of an M16A2 rifle. In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism… …   Wikipedia

• safety — n. security 1) to assure smb. s safety 2) to jeopardize smb. s safety 3) industrial; public safety 4) in safety (to live in safety) 5) (misc.) a margin of safety; safety first! device that prevents accidental discharge of a firearm 6) to set the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• safety — or safety man [sāf′tē] n. pl. safeties [ME sauvete < MFr sauveté < OFr salvetet < ML salvitas, safety < L salvus: see SAFE] 1. the quality or condition of being safe; freedom from danger, injury, or damage; security 2. any of certain… …   English World dictionary

• Firearm — A firearm is a tool that projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning… …   Wikipedia

• safety — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ added, extra, greater, increased ▪ The seat is bolted in place for added safety. ▪ comparative, reasonable, relative …   Collocations dictionary

• grip safety — noun : a safety device on a firearm that prevents firing until it has been depressed by the firer s hand upon the grip …   Useful english dictionary

• Taser safety issues — The use of Tasers and similar electroshock weapons as part of routine police work has become a source for controversy in the wake of several deaths attributed to the devices.Fact|date=July 2008 Safety Taser International has admitted in a… …   Wikipedia

• Improvised explosive device — Ammunition rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad in November 2005 …   Wikipedia

• Personal flotation device — A man wearing a life vest, with another life vest hanging at the lower left. A personal flotation device (abbreviated as PFD; also referred to as, lifejacket, life preserver, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid, flotation… …   Wikipedia

• Destructive device — In the United States, a destructive device is a firearm or explosive device regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934. Examples of destructive devices include grenades, and firearms with a bore over one half of an inch, including some semi… …   Wikipedia

• auto safety —    A locking device on some firearms designed to return to the “ON” (“SAFE”) position when the firearm is opened …   Forensic science glossary