Sentences with phrase «starter pistol»

A "starter pistol" is a gun-like device used to start races. It creates a loud noise, but doesn't shoot bullets. Full definition
And yet, he's still on duty when another black male (Straight Outta Compton's Jason Mitchell) fires a toy race starter pistol from a third floor room of the Algiers Motel at the cops who are stationed across the street.
David Cameron's welfare speech today was described as the «starter pistol for the election» by Matthew D'Ancona.
That was the summer blockbuster starter pistol going off.
Conservative leader, David Cameron said, firing the starter pistol in what looks set to be a drawn - out election campaign.
For instance, with the exception of a few specific models (which can be converted to fire live rounds), starter pistols are completely legal and require no licensing, registration, or other special documentation in most countries.
Because a Starter Pistol isn actually a weapon, it doesn run afoul of the same sorts of laws a real gun would, but there are likely still restrictions to watch out for.
Carl shoots a starter pistol through an open window, unleashing a police raid spearheaded by Philip Krauss (Will Poulter), the sadistic, racist cop in charge.
The apparent «sniper fire» was one resident fooling around harmlessly with a starter pistol.
While the riots continue, several people take shelter in a motel, but when a joke with a starter pistol catches the armed attention of local military and police, the stage is set for a potentially lethal confrontation.
Partying with a couple of white girls in from Ohio (Hannah Murray, Kaitlyn Dever), they are descended upon by Krauss and his cop buddies (Ben O'Toole, Jack Reynor) after a prank involving a starter pistol has the authorities radioing about a sniper.
His dilemma is compelling — he's a black security guard in a city being torn apart by racial tension, trying to make nice with white National Guardsmen who treat him like sh*t, and trying to keep a stand - off from going south after a kid shoots a starter pistol during a party.
Someone at the motel has a starter pistol, and his idea of putting some fear into the National Guard brings a slew of law enforcement and military personnel to the annex.
But they do need to make reasonable modifications (such as using a laser instead of a starter pistol to start a race so a deaf runner can compete) to ensure that students with disabilities get the very same opportunity to play as everyone else.
For gunshots, recordings or a starter pistol set inside 4 or 5 nested cardboard boxes, might be a way to reduce and control the stimulus.
During the heeling pattern two shots are fired from a starter pistol to test the dog's sound sensitivity.
To really prepare for the test, the gunner should have a popper gun (or at least a starter pistol).
Nintendo's late president Satoru Iwata fired the starter pistol on the speculation over Nintendo's next console in March 2015, saying «let me confirm that Nintendo is currently developing a dedicated gaming platform with a brand - new concept under the development codename «NX»».
But the upgrades were useful, you can make the starter pistol better than an un-upgraded magnum.
Organisers said that his combination of the word «go», with a stopwatch «conveys a sense of immediacy, the excitement and anticipation experienced in the moments before the starter pistol is fired».
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