Sentence examples for backup weapon from inspiring English sources

No, their primary concern with new-fangled smart guns dates back to a time when men carried a large knife as a backup weapon in case one or all of their pistols failed to fire.  .

He also carries a Python 77 Magnum revolver as a backup weapon.

The officer on the ground reached for his backup weapon and also fired.

The slender Viper 1 and smaller Viper 2 were designed for use as a police officer's backup weapon.

That officer, Beck said, grabbed a backup weapon, reached around Ford's body and shot him in the back.

The officer on the ground used a backup weapon to reach around Ford's body and shoot him in the back.

Mr. Obama has been sitting for months on a proposal, agreed to by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that could trim the number of active nuclear weapons in America's arsenal by nearly a third and make big cuts in the stockpile of backup weapons.

As backup weapons, they also carried gladii, relatively short thrusting swords 74 centimetres (29 inches) in length that were the main weapons of the hastati and principes.

In January 2013, the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department began allowing officers who undergo training and pass certification tests to carry privately-owned semiautomatic rifles as backup weapons while on patrol.

He stormed Gillian's Aretmis Club, armed with his sniper rifle and an arsenal of backup weapons, gunning down nearly all of Rosetti's men -- though Rosetti himself escaped -- in an absolutely wild scene.

While we are repeatedly told to stop making a fuss because women are equal now, we are buying backup self-defence weapons to give us time to reach our regular ones.