Word: firearms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...After accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, 31, was charged with two counts of felony weapons possession. If convicted, Burress--who lacked a permit to carry his firearm--faces at least 31/2 years in jail. He has been suspended by the Giants for the rest of the season...
...lungs. Jones sought out acceptance and a sense of family through churches, but at the same time he had a tremendous need for power and control. He would conduct little church services up in the loft of a barn and lock his playmates in there; later he used a firearm to try to control his best friend. These early incidents, as well as some cruelty to animals, were harbingers for the sickness that grew in him over the years...
...like I promised them anything, I just told them how much they meant to our city." He also claims credit for upgrading his police officers' weaponry and the subsequent decline in gang activity on the streets. "We made it undesirable for them to be there. It's called firearm superiority...
...Harry Pfarrer looks much more successful. After all, he is played by last-matinee-idol Clooney, has been screwing Cox's icy-beautiful wife (Tilda Swinton) and recently emerged from 20 years in the Secret Service "without ever discharging my weapon" - which is as sure a clue at the firearm of the wall in the first act of an Ibsen play that Harry's gun will be fired. He has the patter down pat, but something, maybe his fascination with the floors in the houses he visits, tells you that this Clooney smoothie is following the dictum the Coens laid...
...allowed to own handguns, even to keep and use only in their own homes. It was the first time the Supreme Court had addressed the Second Amendment in almost 70 years and the first time they had directly considered whether the amendment guarantees an individual right to own a firearm...