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Term	Definition
ACP	"Automatic Colt Pistol." Proprietary term used by Colt to identify certain cartridges used in their semiautomatic pistols. E.g., .25 ACP, .32 ACP, .380 ACP, .45
ACT	Bodily Movement
Action	The mechanism of a firearm directly behind the barrel, by which a gun is loaded, locked, fired, unlocked, extracted and ejected.
Adequate Provocation	Conduct or circumstances sufficient to make a reasonable person lose self-control.
Arrest	To deprive a person of liberty by legal authority.
Bore	(n.) The inside of a barrel. May be smooth or rifled.
Bullet	(n.) The projectile fired from a rifle or handgun. The term does not encompass the entire round of ammunition. A bullet may be made of lead, lead alloyed with other metals (e.g., tin or antimony); a lead core surrounded by a jacket made of copper, cupro-nickel, gilding metal, brass or steel; or, infrequently, made of another metal, such as solid brass. Sometimes, lead bullets are surrounded by a paper patch.
Caliber	The diameter of a projectile or the distance between the lands in the bore of a firearm.
Cartridge	A case usually made of brass or copper, containing the powder charge, the primer and the bullet. (Before development of the metallic cartridge, the term was used to mean a roll or case of paper containing powder and shot. Modern cartridges are generally classified in three categories: Center fire metallics, Rim fires and Shot shells. Centre fire metallics, include all metal cartridges that have primers in the center of the base. Rim fires include all cartridges in which the priming powder is sealed in the soft rim around the base. Shots hells include all cartridges that contain shot, or small pellets, instead of a single bullet.)
CCW	Concealed Carry Weapons Permit
Center-Fire	A type of cartridge which has the primer centrally located in the base of the case.
Chamber	The part of the firearm in which a cartridge is contained in the instant of firing.
Cylinder	The part of a revolver that holds the ammunition in individual chambers that are rotated into firing positions by the action of the trigger or hammer.
Disorderly conduct, A.R.S. § 13-2904	A. A person commits disorderly conduct if, with intent to disturb the peace or quiet of a neighborhood, family or person, or with knowledge of doing so, such person: Engages in fighting, violent or seriously disruptive behavior; or Makes unreasonable noise; or Uses abusive or offensive language or gestures to any person present in a manner likely to provoke immediate physical retaliation by such person; or Makes any protracted commotion, utterance or display with the intent to prevent the transaction of the business of a lawful meeting, gathering or procession; or Refuses to obey a lawful order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, a hazard or any other emergency; or Recklessly handles, displays or discharges a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. B. Disorderly conduct under subsection A, paragraph 6 is a class 6 felony. Disorderly conduct under subsection A, paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is a class 1 misdemeanor.
Double-Action	(adj.) In reference to revolvers, "double action" means that it may be fired by either manually cocking the hammer, and then pulling the trigger, or by just pulling the trigger to cock the hammer and fire the piece. The Smith & Wesson Model 10 Military & Police and Ruger GP100 are double action revolvers.
DPS	Arizona Department of Public Safety
Dry Firing	The shooting of an unloaded gun.
Ejector	The part of the pistol which ejects an empty cartridge case or cartridge from the gun.
Firearm	A loaded or unloaded handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, or other weapon that can fire a projectile by using an explosives or expanding gasses. Permanently inoperable firearms excluded.
Firing Pin	The part of the breech mechanism which strikes the primer of the cartridge. (In most firearms, the firing pin is part of the bolt assembly.)