Then in 2004, Mr. Fowler confessed to a reporter for the Anniston Star that he had fired the gun.

然后到了2004年，福乐先生向安妮·斯顿星报的记者坦言当时他开枪了。

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The gist of the defense argument was that no one had actually been endangered by Dennis because, it turned out, the firing pin of his gun had been removed and the weapon couldn't be fired.

辩护的中心是实际上丹尼斯并没威胁到任何人，因为，原来那支枪上的撞针事先被卸掉了，所以那支枪根本不能用。

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But what he DIDN't tell me was that the starter gun only fired BLANKS.

但是他忘记告诉我比赛开始的鸣枪只是放空枪。

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When he fired the gun, he shouted that he supported Roscoe Conkling's political machine.

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Coroner Andrew Tweddle found the soldier fired the fatal shot himself, and that the gun did not go off because of a malfunction.

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If there are no comparable bruises or grass stains and if the bullet wound and powder residue establish that the gun was fired at very close range, this too might support a claim of self-defense.

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With Santorum out and near universal recognition that the GOP nomination contest is over, the starting gun has been fired signaling the official beginning of the general elections season.

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