The Electoral Cycle and the Asymmetry of Government and Opposition Popularity: An Alternative Model of the Relationship between Economic Conditions and Political Popularity

An automatic firing weapon having a housing and a breech-block portion displaceable within the housing, a safety lever pivotably mounted in the housing, the safety lever in cooperative action with a stop at the breechblock portion preventing recoil motion of the breechblock portion. There is further provided a fire-moved component which acts by means of a control surface upon the safety lever for rocking or pivoting the safety lever into a position which releases the breechblock portion after firing of a shot. The firing weapon possesses a weapon barrel which is movable relative to the housing, and the control surface is arranged at the weapon barrel and the safety lever possesses a control cam which slides upon the control surface.