If you jump the gun, you do something prematurely, before it's supposed to happen. It's a racing term, meaning that you let your horse jump out before the starting gun sounded.
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Never heard the term used. Do you mean a "burp" gun?
the term for jumping the gun is like hitting it to fast. when you jump the gun you might land on a price too fast that you could have made a better offer on. so i guess the term would to fast have to think you sillly billy that was easy!
Jump the Gun - album - was created in 1990.
jump the gun means to do it early and not listen to the rest and to jump to conclusions, to act to early without thinking twice or not thinking at all.Another AnswerThe term is a reference to someone starting something before they should. Originally, it refers to runners ready to the start a foot race starting to run before the starter pistol is fired.
She jumped the gun. She started at 3, when the other started at GO!
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Races (such as horse races) were started by firing a gun- when it fired, the racers would start. But if you moved before the gun fired, you "jumped the gun" and were disqualified. It has come to mean acting prematurely.
The term is a reference to someone starting something before they should. Originally, it refers to runners ready to the start a foot race starting to run before the starter pistol is fired.
You are probably thinking of a 21 gun salute, not a 21 gun suicide. It only takes one gun to commit suicide.
You will have define the term "carry a gun". If you mean as a concealed weapon, no. You must be 21 to be issued a permit.