Grab a gun and it becomes a clumsy cover-based shooter.

FORBES: Sleeping Dogs: Brutal Violence With a Soft Side

If he signed on to a background-check bill, Mr. Coburn, a noted skeptic of federal powers and a longtime advocate for gun rights, would provide significant cover for Republicans and red-state Democrats to do the same.

WSJ: New GOP Voice in Gun Talks

Senate Democratic leaders were hoping that more Republican support would materialize and create political cover for centrist Democrats who traditionally defend gun rights to sign on to the background-check measure.

WSJ: Obama's Gun Curbs Face a Slog in Congress

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- French forces swooped into Somalia for a rescue mission under the cover of darkness, leading to a fierce gun battle with militants who killed the hostage, the French defense ministry said Saturday.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Staff Sergeant Romesha took out an enemy machine gun team, and, while engaging a second, the generator he was using for cover was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds.

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