Word: bullets
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...bill currently being proposed in the California legislature by state Sen. Don Perata would lead to a referendum in November on levying a five cent tax on every bullet sold. This new tax would help pay for the trauma centers which deal directly with the carnage caused by gun violence, not only decreasing the amount of ammunition sold but also making gun owners pay directly for the damage that they inflict on society...
...office success of the Hollywood thriller Panic Room has inspired a flood of requests for similar hideaways from people building new homes, contractors say. Such rooms have long been popular among wealthier homeowners (and in Israel, where bullet- and fire-resistant security rooms have been mandated for all new buildings and apartments since 1992). But real-life panic rooms are not necessarily like the one in the movie. For one thing, they're usually called (less alarmingly) safe rooms. Most are smaller and less elaborate than the model in the film...
...WALLS Made of wood and steel, often with lightweight bullet- and fire-resistant Kevlar panels. In high-end rooms, motion detectors stop doors from shutting...
...waste time reveling in the capture of Abu Zubaydah. Its next task is equally urgent: persuading the al-Qaeda COO to talk. Washington will say only that it has stowed Zubaydah in a secure location while tending to his bullet wounds and that he may be transported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he could become the first al-Qaeda man tried before a military tribunal. But more crucial than Zubaydah's ultimate destination will be any stops he makes along...
...waste time reveling in the capture of Abu Zubaydah. Its next task is equally urgent: persuading the al-Qaeda chief of operations to talk. Washington will say only that it has stowed Zubaydah in a secure location while tending to his bullet wounds and that he may be transported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he could become the first al-Qaeda man tried before a military tribunal. But more crucial than his ultimate destination will be any stops he makes along...