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firearm

noun

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

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The report concluded there was "no credible evidence" to uphold complaints by Duggan's family that police had relocated the firearm in the sock, that officer V53 did not fire live shots in the belief Duggan was pointing a firearm at him, and that he did not use lawful force.

Duggan was shot twice on 4 August 2011 in Tottenham, north London, after 11 specialist firearms officers stopped the minicab he was in on suspicion that he had an illegal firearm.

Ex-gang member George, formerly of New Moston, was found guilty in April 2002 after a trial at Preston crown court of Dale's murder and charges of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

On the death certificate, the cause of death was listed as "destruction of the brain mass due to penetration by a projectile from a firearm".

The suspected member of the Tottenham Man Dem gang was shot twice on 4 August 2011 in Tottenham, north London, after 11 specialist firearms officers stopped the minicab he was in on suspicion that he had an illegal firearm.

"At one point, a team from our anti-terror unit was called in to deal with a man carrying a firearm.

Ammunition should also be stored in a locked location separate from the firearm".

"If you are going to keep a firearm in your home it should ALWAYS be stored in a locked safe, gun vault, or storage case AND out of the reach of children," the office said in a statement.

Under Texas law, an offence is committed if "a child gains access to a readily dischargeable firearm and the person with criminal negligence: (1) failed to secure the firearm; or (2) left the firearm in a place to which the person knew or should have known the child would gain access".

So when early reports of a firearm incident at the junction of North and Pennsylvania avenues came in, someone at Fox News appears to have checked the Twitter feed and seen this: Apparently assuming the two incidents were one and the same, Fox News began reporting that someone had been shot "multiple times by police".

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Political Media, which recently raised eyebrows in the US in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings with the launch of a controversial Gun Appreciation Day (complete with strident slogan: "Hands off my guns!") sees Tarantino's tale of a firearm-toting freed slave-turned bounty hunter as the perfect vehicle to convince black voters to support anti-gun control measures.

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