Sharpshooters are standing by, armed with rifles to protect divers against alligators and poisonous snakes.

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Hundreds of police, many armed with rifles, swarmed the Watertown neighborhood.

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Shooting stags is allowed in the season by stalkers armed with licensed rifles and with the permission of the landowner.

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In some countries, such as Canada, prison guards armed with shotguns and rifles patrol galleries above cell areas.

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The teams typically consist of two people, both armed with high-powered rifles, either of whom can shoot to deter an imminent threat.

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Armed with pistols, some rifles and automatic weapons, and hand-made grenades, the resistance fighters attacked the Germans and their allies when they tried to liquidate the Warsaw Ghetto in April 1943.

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Under the terms of the Oslo peace accords the Palestinian security forces are armed only with small arms - Kalashnikov assault rifles and M16s.

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