• But it also suggested that not all gun control was unconstitutional, particularly a ban on "dangerous and unusual weapons", such as machine guns.

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  • It was modified to defend against small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and therefore most of the weaponry such as machine guns and smoke grenade dischargers is on the top of the vehicle (1).

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  • It is in their economic interest to vote Democratic, but they don't because those crafty Republicans have got them all worked up about silly moral and cultural issues such as abortion, guns and gay marriage.

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  • Badale's strategy was to sign players who would be available for the duration of the tournament, like Warne, and to combine established stars such as Smith with young guns like Pakistan's Sohail Tanvir, who was the IPL's best bowler.

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  • He praised the efforts of Mexican President Felipe Calderon to counter drug cartels, which "have gotten completely out of hand, " but said the United States must take further steps, such as ensuring that illegal guns and cash do not flow from north of the Rio Grande to the cartels in Mexico.

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  • The sonic devices could prove less deadly than so-called "non-lethal" weapons such as Tazers and pepper spray guns that have actually caused some fatalities.

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  • Gun-control advocates will use these provisions to argue that the U.S. must enact measures such as a national gun registry, licenses for guns and ammunition sales, universal background checks, and even a ban of certain weapons.

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  • It also provided rangers and forest guards with tranquilizer guns and better patrolling equipment, such as boats and jeeps.

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  • The city's police seized more than 7, 000 weapons last year and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to stop the flow of guns from rural parts of Illinois and neighbouring states such as Indiana where controls are less tight.

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  • And if it does, this will vindicate Packers brass such as GM Ted Thompson and Coach Mike McCarthy for sticking to their guns and insisting upon a change in direction at the start of the 2009 season in order to give young Rodgers a chance to perform and grow into the QB he has become.

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  • Others didn't think one police officer could diffuse a situation such as Newtown, or didn't want their children to be around guns.

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  • As conservative Justice Antonin Scalia outlined in Heller, there is no constitutional problem with laws forbidding firearms in places such as schools or with laws prohibiting felons and the mentally ill from carrying guns.

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  • Inevitably, a tragedy such as what we have experienced in Newtown, Connecticut brings the discussion about guns and violence in our society to the front of the American dialogue where it often lingers for a short time before receding to the background of the national discussion.

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  • In "Looper, " the mob sends condemned men 30 years into the past so that hired killers (such as Joe, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) can blow them away with giant guns.

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  • Most would keep guns out of the hands of convicted criminals, even those convicted of mild offences such as drunk and disorderly conduct.

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  • That nickname has accrued to I-95, a highway running along America's east coast from Miami all the way to Maine, which gun traffickers have long used to haul guns bought in southern states with relatively lax purchasing laws to sell in north-eastern states such as New York and New Jersey, which more strongly regulate gun sales.

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  • Congress is preparing to consider such measures as a ban on the manufacture of new high-powered assault weapons, cracking down on straw purchases of guns for those who can't pass background checks, curbing gun trafficking and expanding background checks.

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