Sentences with phrase «guns as their weapon»

There's huge potential for Spawn since he can use his cape / chains, blades, spikes and guns as weapons, not to mention using other characters for fatalities like Clown.

The game involves a machine gun as a weapon which can be used to shoot the mutants and horrifying being the mine sends your way.

One of the most interesting things shown in the trailer is that players won't just have to rely on guns as their weapon.

Not exact matches

The officer did not fire his weapon at the suspect, identified as 25 - year - old Alex Minassian, despite harrowing moments captured on video that showed the suspect gesturing aggressively at the office and claiming to have a gun.

Beatrice Fihn used her speech to describe nuclear weapons as «a madman's gun held permanently to our temple.»

Every 100 rounds from the Hog's 30 mm Avenger gun is counted as one weapon, Atanasoff said.

The ATF defines a machine gun as «any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.»

«So I think that if we just run against her record as it has been, she voted to take away our guns, she voted for an assault weapons ban.

As mass shootings continue to devastate communities across the country, it's time to state unequivocally that gun violence is not in line with our values, nor do these weapons belong on Bumble.

As those statutes pave the way for gun owners to bring their weapons along whenever they leave home, some of those owners wind up stowing their firearms in the glovebox, the center console, or under their seats — where they are ripe for the plucking.

Federal grants and the Pentagon's 1033 program accelerated after 9/11, and according to The New York Times, as U.S. forces began to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, police departments across the nation amassed an even greater supply of surplus weapons — tens of thousands of machine guns, 200,000 ammunition magazines, thousands of fatigues and pieces of camouflage, night - vision equipment, and hundreds of silencers, armored cars, and aircraft.

Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

Though the practice had been in use since the Korean War, Carlos Hathcock made the use of the M2.50 - caliber machine gun as a long - range sniper weapon a normal practice.

Last year, the agency — which routinely confiscates questionable items that could be used as weapons — found a record 3,957 guns tucked away in carry - ons, according to the TSA's «Year in Review,» which has tracked the figure since 2005.

In the following days, gun manufacturer stocks rose, as more people purchased guns and accessories on the suspicion that new regulations would be passed limiting their ability to buy weapons.

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

Automatic weapons are what many Americans think of as machine guns.

The only reason more people weren't shot: Shaw reportedly rushed the gunman while he reloaded, «grabbed the gun's barrel, pulled it away and threw it over the Waffle House counter,» suffering a gunshot wound and second - degree burns on his right hand from the weapon's barrel while disarming the shooter, later identified by police as 29 - year - old Travis Reinking.

So it's still legal to buy, sell, and exchange these kinds of weapons, including in Nevada, as long as they're a few decades old — although with some extra hurdles that don't apply to other types of firearms, such as registering fully automatic guns with the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and paying a special tax, with the risk of additional penalties if someone doesn't comply.

And it's still possible to make illegal modifications that turn guns into fully automatic weapons, as Andy Greenberg explained at Wired.

That's because, as is all too typical with US gun laws, the automatic weapons ban has some pretty big loopholes.

Democrats wasted no time quickly outlining their top three priorities: background checks, the ability to take guns away from those who pose a «clear danger,» and at least a debate on banning assault weapons such as the AR - 15 used at the Florida high school.

The world's largest money manager is stripping retailers that sell guns out of some exchange - traded funds, the latest sign that weapons sellers are facing the same scrutiny from investors as producers.

On Tuesday night, the state legislature refused to debate an outright ban on assault weapons as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas watched and cried, but the teenagers» push for change is still expected to bring Florida's first limit on gun access in over a decade, according to CNN.

Smith & Wesson's parent company said it was wary of adding «smart - gun» technology to its weapons, as investors push the industry to address safety issues in the wake of recent mass shootings.

But the Florida legislature, which has long been seen as a laboratory for gun - rights legislation that is tested elsewhere in the country, rejected a ban on assault weapons after Parkland.

The bump stock ban is among several proposals Trump has made to tighten gun controls after the Florida shooting, such as improving reporting to the background check system and raising the legal age for purchasing assault - style weapons from 18 to 21.

The students marching didn't expect a perfect world either, but they spoke about what they described as commonsense gun reform — universal background checks, assault weapons bans, waiting periods.

No one's asking you to be the martyr who surrenders his precious gun to tyranny, Reasonable people are simply asking for a few common sense tools to keep a few less weapons of mass destruction off the streets and make buying an assault rifle at least as tough as buying Advil Cold and Sinus.

In contrast, today's guns, particularly handguns, have little practical value except as a weapon (their sporting use is the only exception).

If you were a real Christian you would know Christs words speak for themselves and the fact that he didn't take the sword away and turn it into a pruning shear right then and there does not mean he was saying «I mean all this stuff is for later after I come back and kill all the evil people and those who haven't accepted me as their savior so you won't have to fear anyone so you can finally give up your guns and weapons of war...» You disgust me chad.

There are many Americans who believe that the right to own their gun is the most important Constitutional right and will go so far as to carry their weapons on city streets.

Death will be welcome, if only our war cry penetrates receptive ears, if only another hand reaches out to take our weapons, if only other men rise up to intone the funeral chants as the machine guns crackle and new battle cries and songs of victory sound out.»

All the guns the criminals have that scare the NRA members so much, started out as legal weapons.

how about we blame the stoneage workers who found metal in the ground and started using it to make stronger weapons... which evolved into guns, and without guns i can't see hilter doing as good as he did as he had little to no real military training.

Already, the lawless void in southern Libya is spreading chaos to other parts of North Africa: weapons such as RPGs, Semtex explosives, assault rifles, antiaircraft machine guns, and grenades have moved from the chaotic remnants of Libya's revolution to the incipient one in Mali, which is currently riven by an Islamist insurgency.

«The mass shooting in Parkland, Florida — the 18th at a school this year alone — lays bare the all - too - tragic reality that all face: we are not doing enough to keep violent weapons out of the hands of those who are a threat and danger to public safety,» said Gounardes, referring to a statistic on school shootings by the Everytown gun control group that has been disputed as inaccurate.

There are other guns that perform the same that are still available, as the differences between an «assault weapon» and any other rifle are mostly cosmetic:

«We are willing to give $ 50 for long guns, that's rifles or shotguns in gift certificates... «and $ 100 dollars for handguns which are the biggest killer in American life today and $ 100 as well for assault weapons,» said Gilroy.

Doran said she is in favor of measures that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while respecting the rights of law - abiding gun owners and that's why she supports a ban on military - grade assault - style weapons, strengthening background checks, as well as legislation to stop convicted domestic abusers from having access to guns.

Theyare also used for directed energy weapons, such as jamming devices, electromagnetic rail guns, or laser weapons (extensively used in Afghanistan), electric drive motors, radars, and sonar transducers.

WASHINGTON — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect...

A bump fire stock, also known as a bump stock, is a device that effectively turns a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic weapon, also known as a machine gun.

The gun rights folks would tell you the AR - 15 is a «common weapon», and in a numerical sense, they are absolutely correct, as they are extremely popular, common, and frequently used by sportsmen and hunters.

The law expanded the definition of prohibited assault weapons — which is the part that has most irked sheriffs — as well as raised the penalties for illegal possession of firearms, required mental health checks, and limited the public's access to records of those who have gun permits.

As a trustee of the City's largest public pension fund, I have repeatedly called for the divestment of all public pension dollars from gun retailers and manufacturers, and I am encouraged by the Mayor's call today to divest from assault weapon manufacturers.

Currently gun owners are not permitted to transfer weapons and as a result must leave their pistols at their own homes when they leave on vacation or go out of town.

Broome County Veterans for Peace exchanged grocery certificates as well as $ 50 for long guns and $ 100 for handguns and assault weapons Saturday.

In an effort to reduce gun violence, the law broadened the definition of what counts as an assault weapon and created the pistol database, among other provisions.

A trio of gun traffickers was busted Tuesday for smuggling at least 50 firearms from Ohio to The Bronx — writing Facebook messages to each other using sneaker names as code words for the weapons, new court papers state.