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Lethal weapon
By Jordan Baker
March 26, 2004 - 11:35AM
James Bond would be impressed.
A hand gun that speaks several languages, broadcasts the conversation to the police, fires lethal and non-lethal bullets and is activated only by the grip of the registered owner.
The...
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Saturday, January 17, 2004 Posted: 3:49 PM EST (2049 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two gunmen opened fire in a Brooklyn diner Saturday morning, wounding eight people before pistol-whipping a patron and fleeing with cash and jewelry, police said.
The two men had been sitting in the...
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'Bullet-proof' man shot dead
17/12/2003 12:51 - (SA)
Lagos - A traditional doctor in central Nigeria has been shot dead by a patient who was testing the potency of an anti-bullet charm the herbalist had prepared for him, police said on Wednesday.
Ashi Terfa died when...
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09dec03
QUEENSLAND'S handgun owners have been given a six-month extension on a buyback and amnesty scheme.
The buyback, which will now end on June 30 next year, was introduced after uniform national handgun laws came into effect in July.
Queensland Police Minister Tony...
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Dec. 1, 2003, 6:57AM
Bystander shoots alleged car burglar in buttocks
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
A Baytown man was shot and killed early Saturday when a bystander caught him breaking into cars at a southeast Houston apartment complex, police said.
Hector Faz, 23, was...
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Teen Rescued From Locked Safe at Kmart
By Associated Press
October 6, 2003, 4:22 PM EDT
WOOSTER, Ohio -- An 18-year-old who squeezed himself into a 4-foot by 2-foot safe at a Kmart was rescued by firefighters and a locksmith.
The teenager emerged short of breath and...
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July 17, 2003 -- Cops are on the lookout for a new street weapons, dubbed "Drano bombs," that have injured nine people since April.
They said youngsters have been shaking plastic bottles filled with water and Drano, which explode a short time later.
Eleven "bombs" were tossed...
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Air stabbing over seating plan
By Janine O'Neill
16jul03
A MAN stabbed a fellow passenger in the neck with a fork during an international flight to Sydney because of a dispute over seating, police believe.
The mid-air drama onboard a Thai Airways International flight -...
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19:00 09 July 03
The US Congress is close to passing a bill giving gun makers immunity from liability for deaths or injuries caused by their products; legislation that would place gun makers in a uniquely privileged position. The move highlights the special place granted to guns...
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Top Gun
Dyan Machan, 03.31.03
Inside the secret and violent world of Gaston Glock, maker of the most popular firearm in U.S. law enforcement.
He is the man behind the gun. You don't mess with Gaston Glock.
His most trusted associate allegedly tried. Lured into a dimly lit...
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