assault weapon: Selective-fire firearms that are capable of fully automatic, semiautomatic, or burst fire.

automatic firearm: A firearm that fires cartridges as long as both the trigger is depressed and there are cartridges available in the feeding system.

background check: An investigation of a gun purchaser's background through the state police or the FBI's NICS to determine if the purchaser is prohibited from buying a gun.

ballistic fingerprint: The unique marking a gun leaves on a bullet after a bullet has been fired from the gun.

Brady law: A federal law that requires federally licensed dealers to perform background checks on gun purchasers.

carbine: A lightweight, short-barreled, repeating rifle.

Child Access Protection (CAP) laws: Laws that require adults either to store loaded guns in a place where children reasonably cannot get to them or to use a device to lock the gun so children cannot access them.

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