Guns
In Japan, gun bridle laws are strict. Handgun end is strictly prohibited, while purchase of long-barreled firearms such as shotguns and hunting rifles are tightly regulated. All prospective handgun owners must go through a lengthy background check to determine whether or not they have a criminal chronicle or a history of mental illness.
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Many meager artillery are "single shot" firearms: i.e., each continuance a cartridge is fired, the operator must manually re-cock the firearm and load another cartridge
- The classic single-barreled shotgun is a first-rate example
- A handgun that can load multiple cartridges as Gun Store the musket is re-cocked is aforethought a "repeating firearm" or simply a "repeater"
- The lever-action gut of Old West fame, a pheasant-hunter's pump shotgun, and a county mounty sniper's bolt-action rifle are good examples of repeating firearms.