Sentence examples for before the firearms from inspiring English sources

The Observer now understands that seconds before the firearms team entered the tube train carriage, a member of the surveillance squad using the codename Hotel 3 moved to the doorway and shouted: 'He's in here.' De Menezes, in all likelihood alarmed by the activity, stood and moved towards the doorway.

Everything was above board: before Hungerford and the Firearms (Amendment) Act of 1988, it was legal for British citizens to own all sorts of semi-automatic and pump action rifles, as well as submachine guns.

She struck three people before turning the firearm, a licensed and registered 9mm handgun, on herself.

Most gun shops will allow you to touch and hold the firearms before you purchase them.

Before the operation, firearms officers were briefed by their bosses that Rodney and the other suspects were armed, possibly with automatic weapons able to fire 1,000 bullets a minute.

The gun owners typically acquired the firearms legally, before being convicted of a felony or diagnosed with mental illness.

After the altercation, Arenas placed the firearms inside his locker before putting them into a suitcase.

Always make sure the gun is unloaded and the chamber empty before moving or transporting the firearm.

"I calmed down for my kids and my mom," T. I. raps on "Who Want Some," immediately before taunting the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, the law-enforcement agency that arrested him in 2007: "F.Y.I.

Shooting at a mark as a test of skill began with archery, long before the advent of firearms (c. 1300).

It makes multiple references to how Christ one day will rule his earthly kingdom "with a rod of iron". Although Revelation was written long before the advent of firearms, Pastor Sean concluded that "rod of iron" was Bible-speak for the AR-15 and that Christ, not being a "tyrant," will need armed sovereigns to help him keep the peace in his kingdom.