2 Chapter Two Have Another Round Guns do not kill people, but bullets do. That old hoary bromide has been rechambered to illustrate that the cartridge and its projectile are the action-dealing parts of a firearm, for without them, there is no kill. If you are in possession of a cartridge, you can build a firearm around it Or, if you have a firearm but no ammunition, you can certainly fabricate any variety of lethal charge/ projectile combinations. The veracity of these facts dispels the tooth-fairy notion that if either guns, ammunition, or both are banned, *11 firearm-generated crime will go away. Thus, anyone with either the weapon or the ammunition can create a lethal combination. Seat the projectile in the hardware, then devise a system of aiming and discharge and you've got a weapon. Aiming is done with manual open, telescopic, or electronic sights, while discharge is accomplished either by percussion or electrical initiation. Whatever the firing system, nothing comes out of the barrel without the cartridge system. These systems may be subclassified as follows: 1- Commercial and military standard ammunition. 2. Reloads of the above, ranging from using modern