Sentence examples for empowered to shoot from inspiring English sources

The killing of Davis has prompted gun control advocates and civil rights groups to renew arguments that Stand Your Ground laws make ordinary citizens feel empowered to shoot first and ask questions later, boosting murder rates and justifiable homicide claims, muddling prosecutions and putting young black men -- people too often presumed to be a threat -- in particular peril.

Forestry guards actually have been empowered to shoot poachers on sight since 2002, a separate Times of India article notes, but they have been reluctant to use weapons, as they are concerned about being arrested.

Thus, early in his tour of duty, Eriksson recalled, G.I.s in his unit were empowered to shoot any Vietnamese violating a 7 P.M. curfew, but in practice it was largely a matter of individual discretion whether a soldier chose to fire at a stray Vietnamese hurrying home a few minutes late to his hootch — the American term for the mud-and-bamboo huts in which most natives lived.

And none are as empowered to take a stand as we, the makers of tomorrow.

I will say that, without exception, every woman I have ever taught to shoot says that she feels more empowered!

I think women are becoming less afraid and more empowered to speak their truth".

Shareholders would remain empowered to invest or divest based on performance.

Women are more empowered to speak out and feel more comfortable asserting their rights.

Female workers are especially vulnerable to wage theft and other forms of exploitation, and are less empowered to speak up.

In the absence of rules — and regulators who are willing and empowered to enforce them — market discipline is a fantasy.

It is quite plausible that educated women are better equipped or empowered to report crimes committed against them.