Sentences with phrase «use of firearms by»

Speaking at the Nigeria Police Force Health Policy Revalidation meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, Arase said that the initiative became necessary following incidents of indiscriminate use of firearms by personnel of the force.

Proponents of this say that this could reduce the number of deadly use of firearms by giving police officers an alternative way to incapacitate a dangerous attacker.

An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation [75] into the use of firearms by Metropolitan Police Officers, which was published on 19 December 2013 once a verdict had been reached in the defendants» trial, concluded that the officers who had used force on 22 May 2013 had «acted entirely appropriately» and had shown «skill and professionalism».

Not exact matches

Federal guidelines for destroying guns require the crushing, cutting, or breaking of the gun parts — typically by torch rather than saw or other tool — to prevent its future use as a firearm.

Research released this week finds that the Chicago Police Department's adoption of Tasers resulted in a reduction in officer injury but no effect on firearm use by law enforcement.

MEC doesn't sell guns, but has faced a petition calling on it to stop selling brands owned by Vista Outdoor because the U.S. company also develops and manufactures firearms similar to the type of weapon used in a recent mass shooting in Florida.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters that the President also did not rule out raising the legal age at which someone could buy an AR - 15 style weapon, the type of firearm used by the 19 - year - old confessed shooter in Florida.

Electronic firearm tracking technology is defined as «a platform, system or device or a group of systems or devices that uses a shared ledger, distributed ledger or block chain technology or any other similar form of technology or electronic database for the purpose of storing information in a decentralized or centralized way, that is not owned or controlled by any single person or entity and that is used to locate or control the use of a firearm.»

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.

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Bump stocks attach to semi-automatic weapons and enable sustained firing by using the force of the weapon's kickback to bounce the firearm against the shooter's trigger finger over and over.

Aided by some colleagues in the legislature, Schimel urged passage of her bill A-1157, mandating the use of unworkable firearms microstamping technology, and falsely claimed law enforcement support for her proposal.

The firearm accessory became a subject of debate after officials said it was used by the shooter in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

DiNapoli, a Democrat, has used the pension fund to throw some political weight around when it comes to social causes — think of the Chevron lawsuit, which is being challenged by former ethics watchdog David Grandeau, and the plan to divest from firearm manufacturers.

Just before leaving office, former NJ Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law banning the sale or possession of bump stocks — a firearm accessory believed to be used by the shooter in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

BASC is urging those who shoot in Wales to have their say in a public consultation about the use of firearms on land owned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW).

«The bill, written by a man who claims to respect the rights of states to guide their own fate, wants to use the long arm of federal law to prohibit states like New York from taking any and all sensible steps to limit access to certain firearms,» the editorial states.

Oh do nt forget that to anyone who actually knows something about the laws of physics and metallurgy, that in order to eliminate a large variance in repeatability, you will have to by law, dictate the material, and properties of the components for the firing pins, shell casings and primers for every single firearm made (designers and manufacturers set these material properties and types during design based on use and cost), since this or any other law does not, and it is so easy to beat, any claim to this being smart is f# # $ % $ # stupid.

ROBBERY & CRIMINAL USE OF A FIREARM Less Jones, age 20, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first degrUSE OF A FIREARM Less Jones, age 20, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first degreOF A FIREARM Less Jones, age 20, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first FIREARM Less Jones, age 20, residing at 13 Slinn Avenue, Spring Valley, NY, was indicted on December 5, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand Jury for the crimes of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first degreof robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal use of a firearm in the first degruse of a firearm in the first degreof a firearm in the first firearm in the first degree.

The Home Office Scientific Development Branch maintains a database, on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), of firearms and ammunition used by authorised firearms officers in the 43 forces in England and Wales.

CAN demanded to know why the intelligence and security apparatus had failed to discover the sources of firearms used by the herdsmen, noting that the Nigeria Customs Service and the Immigration Service had a case to answer.

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Towards this end, states governments have been given a 21 days ultimatum to disarm vigilantees and neighbourhood watch group, hunters and watch - night men or any group or association under any capacity or guise other than statutory security agencies recognized and gazetted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to bear firearms of specified category; who are currently possessing and using prohibited / illegal firearms such as Pump action gun and the likes for whatsoever purpose.

Dillinger's pursuer, Federal agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), fares worse: he's a perfect stereotype of the grim, humorless lawman, bent on delivering justice to criminals by using the business end of a firearm.

Frustrated by the crime, the widow of one of the victims takes legal action against the maker of the firearm used to kill her husband on allegations that the company is accountable for the use of their product.

HB 2880 by Rep. Harold Dutton / Sen. José Menéndez reduces the penalty for the threatened exhibition or threatened use of a firearm on school property or on a school bus from a third degree felony to a Class A misdemeanor, unless the person actually possesses or has immediate access to the firearm (in which case it remains a third degree felony).

a current shotgun or firearm certificate issued to the owner of the dog, or to the agent or employee of the owner most likely to be using the dog for work in connection with the lawful shooting of animals OR a letter from a gamekeeper, a land occupier (or his agent), a person with shooting rights, a shoot organiser, a club official, a person representing the National Working Terrier Federation, or a person engaged in lawful pest control, stating that the breeder of the dog whose tail is to be docked is known to him and that dogs bred by that breeder have been used (as the case may be) on his land, or in his shoot, or for pest control.

When push came to shove, the verbiage that permits the use of firearms to destroy pet animals by both humane society organizations and private citizens was used as leverage to outlaw the use of decompression chambers. In other words, disallow the use of firearms and the legislation won't pass. Quite the trade off.

Gun Dog Many Gun Dog breeds were already in use by hunters before the advent of hunting with firearms.

Players start by creating a character, choosing from three classes, The Hunter, using sword melee or ranged firearm with a splash of magic; Thaumaturge, basically the mage / wizard; or finally the Arcane Mechanic, who uses summoned robot helpers, bombs, and interesting steampunk weapons.

Type A: Barrier and Trigger Two different but related works by Type A (Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin) examine boundaries — both real and imagined: Barrier is a sculpture inspired by «Jersey barriers,» the concrete highway dividers used as security barricades in the post-9 / 11 world; and Trigger is a new project that explores the complexities of firearm use via photographically - based practice targets made by the artists.

Works by 14 artists touch upon a host of issues surrounding access to and use of firearms, examining and representing the role that guns continue to play in our national mythologies and pathologies, suicide and homicide rates, domestic violence, and mass media.

More so in terms of how firearms must be used and controlled by the licenced owner, because most of the time firearms are used by criminals.

A firearm is that is capable of being concealed is defined as «any device designed to be used as a weapon... that has a barrel less than 16 inches in length» from which projectiles are expelled «by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion.»

It was argued that a verdict of manslaughter would be appropriate because Gerald acted unlawfully by carelessly using a firearm.

For the purposes of 417 PC, a firearm is defined as «any device designed to be used as a weapon, from which a projectile is discharged or expelled through a barrel by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion.»

More serious crimes, such as possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, weapons trafficking and importing a prohibited weapon, used to carry a statutory minimum penalty of three years imprisonment, though this was struck down in the cases of R v. Smickle and R v. Nur that were released in 2013 by the Ontario Court of Appeal.

In R v Marakah, 2016 ONCA 542, Nour Marakah appealed his conviction of multiple firearms offences arguing that the text messages used as evidence against him at trial were not lawfully obtained and should have been excluded by the trial judge.

The police testimony about the use of the firearm was rejected by the trial judge.

Possession or use of any type of firearms, other weapons or firecrackers by students on CDL Technical & Motorcycle Driving School or on other related property is prohibited.

Many of Mast's supporters were stunned by his call for banning assault weapons, including the AR - 15, used in the Stoneman Douglas massacre and many other mass shootings; background checks for anyone buying a firearm; a higher minimum age for buying various categories of guns; and banning of accessories like bump stocks that make firearms perform like automatic weapons.

• Track record of securing large buildings from the inside and the outside by ensuring that security locks are working optimally • Demonstrated expertise in performing patrolling and investigating duties to ward off possible attacks and finding out the clichéd «who dunnit» • Background includes expertise in using licensed firearms to handle extreme adversities

Quiz Ref IDThe elevated odds of suicidal behavior among girls and the lower odds among non-Hispanic blacks are consistent with prior studies.1, 3,7,37 It is well documented that, although females have higher rates of nonlethal suicidal behavior, males have higher rates of suicide death — a difference due in part to the more lethal methods used by males in their suicide attempts (eg, firearms).