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• College Vision


  To be the premier provider of highly qualified Criminal Justice practitioners in the country
• College Mission


  To develop professionally competent, hardworking, responsible, honorable, morally upright and globally competitive graduates who have passion for excellence in the field of Criminal Justice Administration
• OLFU Vision


  A premier inclusive university of choice aspiring to improve man as man by developing individuals through a legacy of excellent education and compassionate value formation
• OLFU Core Values and Graduate Attributes

  • ASPIRES TO DO HIS BEST
  • CREDIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE
  • HARDWORKING AND HONORABLE
  • INSPIRATION TO OTHERS
  • EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL
  • VISIONARY
  • ENTREPRENEURIAL, EMPLOYABLE AND EXCELLENT WORK HABITS
  • RESPONSIBLE
• OLFU Mission

  The Our Lady of Fatima University, together with Fatima Medical Science Foundation, Inc., is dedicated to the improvement of man as man through the holistic formation of individuals imbued with knowledge, skills, and virtues
• Automatic


  • A gun that continuously fires bullets as long as the trigger is pressed or held down
  • Example: Machine gun
• AK-47

  • Incredibly popular automatic assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • First used in active service back in 1948
  • Reliable and cost very little to make so they’re the gun of choice for many military and revolutionary outfits
  • As of 2004, an estimated 500 million firearms worldwide, approximately 100 million belong to the Kalashnikov family, three quarters are AK-47s
• Bolt Action


  • A type of rifle that fires one round at a time
  • Once a round is fired, the user must manually pull back a metal cylindrical mechanism called the bolt to unload the empty shell and load another round into the chamber
• Ballistic


  • Science and study of cartridge discharge, and the launch, flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles
  • Ballistic experts can determine where a bullet was fired, where it went, and what it did
• ACP

  • Automatic colt pistol
  • Designates various John Browning cartridge designs and calibers primarily used in colt and Fabrique Nationale de Herstal semi-automatic pistols like .45 ACP, .380 ACP, .25 ACP
• Buckshot


  • Shotgun ammunition that contains medium or large-sized pellets (.24 in diameter or greater)
  • Used for self-defense and hunting large game
• Ammunition (ammo)


  • A package of components that includes gunpowder, a primer, projectile encased in a casing
  • Amount of ammunition is measured in rounds which is what’s loaded into a gun
  • Comes in hundreds of sizes, and must match the firearm in order for it to be used
• Blank


  • A round of ammunition loaded with black powder but no bullet
  • Commonly used in film, TV, theatre, military exercises, and for starting races
• Assault Rifle

  • Technical term for a selective-fire rifle, usually used by a military or police officer
  • Fires reduced-power ammunition from a detachable magazine
  • It can fire in either semi-automatic or fully automatic models
  • Examples: AK-47 and M16
• Assault Weapon

  • Political term, not a technical term but changes depending on who uses it
  • Examples: Connecticut defines it as “selective-fire firearms capable of fully automatic, semi-automatic, or burst fire at the options of the user”
  • Virginia defines it as “any weapon with a magazine capacity greater than 20 rounds”
• AR-15


  • ARMALITE RIFLE 15
  • Lightweight semi-automatic rifle that comes in a wide variety of models
  • Considered modern sporting rifles by some and assault rifles by others
  • Have been used in various mass shootings in the US
• Caliber

  • The diameter of a gun’s bore measured as fractions of an inch
  • Also determines the size of ammunition
• Casings


  • Containing unit of a cartridge or round
  • It holds the gunpowder, the projectile, and has a built-in primer
  • Usually made of metal for rifles and handguns, plastic for shotguns sometimes called shell
• Bullet


  • The projectile in a cartridge or round of ammunition
  • When the primer is struck, the gunpowder is ignited, and the bullet is propelled down the gun’s barrel and towards its target
• Beretta


  • An Italian firearm manufacturing company – Fabbrica D’Armi Pietro Beretta
  • The oldest active manufacturer of firearm components in the world
  • They make semi-automatic pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, submachine gun, machine pistols, and more
• Marksmanship


  The ability to shoot accurately
• Caliber


  The diameter of a gun’s bore measured as fractions of an inch. Also determines the size of ammunition that can be fired by the gun
• Hollow point


  A bullet with a concave nose designed to increase expansion and fragment upon penetration of a solid target. Does more internal harm to the target but is considered safer for innocent bystanders who might be struck with a bullet that passes through a target
• Double Tap


  Simply two shots fired in rapid succession usually without re-aiming the firearm between shots
• Clip


  A unit of multiple ammunition rounds that are ready to be quickly loaded into a firearm or magazine. Often used as a slang term for a magazine
• Parts of a firearm

  • Bridge
  • Caliber
  • Clip
  • Cock
  • Double Tap
  • Firearm
  • Flash Suppressor
  • Folding Stock
  • Gauge
  • Glock
  • Hair Trigger
  • Hollow point
  • High capacity magazine
  • Magazine
  • Pistol
  • Pistol Grip
  • Point Blank
  • Private Party Transfer
  • Recoil
• Bridge


  Holds the gunpowder, the projectile, and has a built-in primer
• Cock


  Action of manually drawing the hammer of a gun back, arming the hammer to be released at the pull of the trigger which would fire the weapon
• Glock


  A series of popular semi-automatic handguns designed and produced by Austrian company Glock Ges.m.b.h
• Hair Trigger


  A trigger that can be pulled with little pressure and an extremely light touch
• Pistol


  A type of handgun that fires bullets. Small, portable, concealable firearm designed to be easily fired from one or two hands. They can be single shot, semi-automatic or fully automatic in the form of a machine pistols. Examples include Glocks, revolvers, snubbies, and desert eagles
• Firearm

  A rifle, shotgun, handgun using gunpowder as a propellant. Air guns and other devices that fire projectiles without combustion are not considered firearms
• Magazine

  A container that holds cartridges or rounds under spring pressure to be fed into a gun’s chamber. Usually detachable and refillable
• Folding Stock


  A rifle or shotgun stock that can be doubled over for compact storage
• High capacity magazine


  Any magazine that holds over 10 rounds. Some high-capacity magazines can hold as many as 100 rounds. Modern semi-automatic pistols hold 15 and 18 rounds, while modern semi-automatic rifles hold 20 and 30 rounds
• Pistol Grip


  Extra handle attached to a rifle or shotgun behind the trigger like you’d find on a pistol
• Private Party Transfer

  A second-hand purchase of a firearm involving you exchanging cash for a gun from a private party with no questions asked
• Flash Suppressor


  An attachment at the end of a firearm’s barrel that lets hot air and gas escape the barrel. It makes for a smaller flash of light when a round exits the barrel, improving visibility for the shooter
• Point Blank

  Distance at which a firearm can be directly aimed at a target without worrying about trajectory. Believed to come from old bowmen terminology in England and France referring to practice conducted with white bull skull targets. “Point Blanc’ meant the archer was standing very close to the target and could easily point their bow directly at the white of the bull’s skull
• Gauge


  The bore size (width inside of the barrel) of a shotgun. Based on the number of round lead balls of bore diameter that equals a pound