HANDGUN - A firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and any combination of parts from which a firearm can be assembled. -- 18 USC ...
The passage in 1993 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 921 et seq.) was the first major federal gun control law.
Concealed Weapon A weapon, particularly a handgun, which is kept hidden on one's person or under one's control (in a glove compartment or under a car seat).
It is an illegal act of secretly keeping a weapon genearlly a handgun.A person should have proper licence if he possesses a handgun or he should be an officer in charge of maintaining law and order otherwise it becomes a crime.
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