For example, once I thought he was pointing a gun at me, but it turned out to be a remarkably good fake.

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That is not much bang for the buck, so to speak, but it would be pointing a gun with a very big bang at the valuation of the dollar.

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But on Monday, Mr Aquino said it was "not reasonable to ask for understanding if you are pointing a gun at the face of who you are speaking to".

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Louis Milne, who runs the farm, said the man had worked as a security guard on the farm until six months ago, when he was fired for pointing a gun at his nephew.

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This action followed a letter to state officials from a couple who, driving back to Boston on Christmas Eve, noticed a "young man pointing a life-sized machine gun" at a video game inside the Massachusetts Turnpike's plaza in Charlton, about 100 miles from Newtown.

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This action followed a letter to state officials from a couple who, on their way back toward Boston on Christmas Eve, noticed a "young man pointing a life-sized machine gun" at a video game inside the Massachusetts Turnpike's plaza in Charlton, about 100 miles from Newtown.

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He then told the inquest how negotiators encouraged Moat to give himself up, and he took up the offer of a sandwich and a bottle of water, but kept the gun pointing at his own head.

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Pointing a loaded weapon at anybody is grounds for a felony charge of assault, and brandishing a gun in front of a police officer is an affront to law enforcement that is seldom taken lightly.

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