Answert

hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions:

1)Descr
ibei
nbr
ief
lyt
heear
li
estknownweapons?

Thef i
rstknownweaponwastheSTONEt hrownbyhand.Primi
ti
vemanmusthav ediscoveredearl
y
thatbyplacingthest
onei
nasling,
moredistanceandgreat
eri
mpactwereat
tainabl
e.Later,t
hey
shapedst onesandusedt
hem asspear
heads.Eventual
l
ymanwast odev
elopthebow, usingstones
forarr
owheads.

2)Whati
sthel
egal
def
ini
ti
onoff
ir
ear
ms?

Deadl
yweaponsfr
om whichbull
ets,
ball
s,shot
s,shel
l
s,orot
hermi
ssi
l
esmay
bedi
schar
gedby
meansofgunpowderorotherexpl
osiv
es.

3)Gi
vet
he"
techni
cal
"def
ini
ti
onoff
ir
ear
ms?

Iti
saninstr
umentusedf ort
hepropul
sionofpr
oject
il
esbymeansoft
heexpansi
vef
orceofgases
comingfrom bur
ninggunpowder
.

4)Tr
acet
heor
igi
nanddev
elopmentofman'
sweapon.

5)Di
sti
ngui
sht
hepi
stol
from r
evol
ver
?

PISTOLi
sahandgunt
hatdoesnothavearev
olv
ingcy
li
nder,t
hechamberi
spartofthebar
rel
,whi
l
e
theREVOLVERi
sahandgunthathasacy
li
nderwit
hholest
ocontai
nthecar
tri
dges.

6)Whati
sthesmoot
hbor
efi
rear
m?Gi
veexampl
es.
 

Smoothbor
eisafir
ear
msthathav
enor
if
li
ng'
sinsi
det
hei
rgunbar
rel
.Exampl
esofsmoot
hbor
e
fi
rear
msareshot
gunsandmusket
s.