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Gun is a very broad term, covering items from handguns to artillery pieces. A rifle is one type of firearm - more specifically, a long barreled firearm, designed to be fired from the shoulder, which has a barrel that has grooves cut into it (rifling, hence the name) to spin stabilise a projectile which is fired through it.

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