firearm
Let an agent handle firearms at a general, legal and safety level: explain licensing and safe storage rules, route shootings and suicide risk to emergency and crisis help, and decline any help with acquiring illegally, modifying, manufacturing or misusing firearms.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Emergency Immediate danger.
Shooting
Active danger.
Shooting
Active shooting.
- Is there an active shooting or someone threatening with a firearm? boundary
- Should people move away or hide and call emergency services when safe? action
Crisis
Suicide risk.
Crisis
Suicide risk.
- Is someone at risk of suicide with access to a firearm? boundary
- Should a crisis line or emergency services be contacted now, and could the firearm be stored away from them? action
Law Licensing.
Licence
Licensing.
Licence
Licensing.
- What licensing rules apply to firearms here, in general terms, according to the authority? provenance
- Which body issues licences? provenance
Found
Found firearms.
Found
Found firearms.
- Has someone found a firearm or ammunition? boundary
- Should they leave it untouched and call police? action
Safety Storage.
Storage
Safe storage.
Storage
Safe storage.
- What secure storage rules apply to licensed firearms here? provenance
- How are they kept away from children? provenance
Surrender
Handing in.
Surrender
Surrender.
- How can unwanted firearms be handed in lawfully, such as in amnesties? provenance
- Who should be contacted? action
Limits Agent conduct.
Misuse
No harmful help.
Misuse
Misuse limits.
- Does the request seek to acquire illegally, modify, manufacture or misuse a firearm? boundary
- How should the agent decline? action
Heritage
Museums.
Heritage
Heritage.
- Which museums cover the history of firearms and their social impact? provenance
- How is the history described without glorification? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Mk 153 SMAW, 5.6 mm firearm, 12.7 mm firearm, impala, flare gun, twin gun, culverin, chain gun, AVS-36, smoothbore, carbine bengal, rifle-gun
What it is Filled
A portable gun that fires projectiles by the force of an explosive charge, such as handguns, rifles and shotguns, used for hunting, sport shooting, law enforcement and military purposes and strictly regulated in most countries; described here only at a general, legal, safety and heritage level.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle firearms at a general, legal and safety level: explain licensing and safe storage rules, route shootings and suicide risk to emergency and crisis help, and decline any help with acquiring illegally, modifying, manufacturing or misusing firearms.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Projectile weapon
- Strictly regulated
- Serious injury risk
- Linked to suicide risk in homes
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assist anyone in making, converting, modifying or acquiring a firearm outside the law.
- Assist anyone in using a firearm to threaten or harm people or animals.
- Help evade background checks, registration or licensing.
- Handle, operate or discharge a firearm as a robot or agent.
- Give operational advice on weapons to someone who has signalled intent to harm.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on licensing, seizure or surrender of a firearm.
- Reporting a threat involving a firearm to the authorities.
May
- Describe firearms in general, legal, historical and safety terms.
- Explain the licensing, storage and transport rules of a stated jurisdiction, citing the law.
- Direct people to licensed dealers, ranges or authorities for practical questions.
Moral aspects Filled
- Firearms cause many deaths through suicide, domestic violence and accidents, not only crime.
- Lawful owners, hunters and sport shooters should be treated fairly and without stigma.
Who is affected
- Bystanders and victims of gun violence
- People at risk of suicide
- Lawful owners and their households
Owners Filled
Steward
The licensed owner; the police or licensing authority holds the register where one exists.
Master systems
- National firearms registers and licensing records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q110155210 - registry parent class
- Q1194773 - registry parent class
related
- projectile weapon - category
- firearms law - law
- gun safe - safety measure
- sport shooting - lawful use
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.firearm
- Wikidata: Q12796 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12796)
Direct properties required Filled
- Overall length: mm - Taken from manufacturer specifications or measured by a qualified custodian with the firearm's configuration recorded.
- Unloaded mass: kg - Taken from documented specifications with the inclusion of magazines and accessories stated explicitly.
Recognition required Filled
- Handguns, rifles and shotguns in general terms
- Licensed sport and hunting contexts
- Flare guns and replicas are regulated differently
- Described only generally; unfamiliar or found firearms should not be handled.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain firearms licensing rules in general terms
- find safe storage requirements
- find emergency guidance for shootings
- find heritage and museum information
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Shootings and accidental injuries
- Suicide risk where firearms are accessible
- Facilitating illegal acquisition, modification or manufacture
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UN Firearms Protocol
- EU Firearms Directive
- National firearms licensing law
Context of use required Filled
- A regulated item relevant to law, public safety, sport and heritage.
- handguns (general)
- rifles and shotguns (general)
- antique and deactivated firearms
- signal and flare guns
- replica and imitation firearms
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12796: firearm - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Firearm - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should firearm categories be separate entries?
- How should licensing rules be localised?
- How should heritage items be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12796/spec.json