Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made to be loaded at the muzzle: said of a gun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Receiving its charge through the muzzle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing a
gun in which theammunition isloaded at thefront of thebarrel
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of firearms) taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle
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Examples
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When the Second Amendment was drafted the firearms were pretty much limited to single-shot, muzzle-loading pistols, rifles and muskets.
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I guess following Justice Scalia's interpretetation that means that every American has the right to keep and bear any single-shot, muzzle-loading firearm of their choice.
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References to seventeenth-century muzzle-loading musketry â¨technology become in Suskind's retelling references to twenty-first century â¨pornography.
Brad DeLong: Review: Ron Suskind's Confidence Men Brad DeLong 2011
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When the founding fathers wrote that, as the states must maintain a militia, the right of the people to bear arms must not be abridged, the obviously meant that any American had the right to own and carry a muzzle-loading, ball-and-powder flintlock rifle or pistol.
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If we are getting into those types of specifics (without applying reasonable judgement in a modern context), couldn't it be argued that the founding fathers were referring to the right to bear single-shot, muzzle-loading long rifles?
Obama Administration Looks To Reinstate Assault-Weapons Ban 2009
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References to seventeenth-century muzzle-loading musketry â¨technology become in Suskind's retelling references to twenty-first century â¨pornography.
Brad DeLong: Review: Ron Suskind's Confidence Men Brad DeLong 2011
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A rabbit-skin sleeping-robe, a muzzle-loading rifle, and a few pounds of sun-dried salmon constituted his outfit.
NEGORE, THE COWARD 2010
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For example, the founding fathers clearly intended for Americans to be free to carry muzzle-loading powder-and-ball muskets and personal swords to militia meetings.
Analysis: Sotomayor quietly prepares for high court confirmation hearings 2009
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References to seventeenth-century muzzle-loading musketry â¨technology become in Suskind's retelling references to twenty-first century â¨pornography.
Brad DeLong: Review: Ron Suskind's Confidence Men Brad DeLong 2011
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If we are getting into those types of specifics (without applying reasonable judgement in a modern context), couldn't it be argued that the founding fathers were referring to the right to bear single-shot, muzzle-loading long rifles?
Obama Administration Looks To Reinstate Assault-Weapons Ban 2009
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