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When someone can be killed in firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police, then what about the safety of the general public. – Akhilesh Yadav	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The teacher was presenting a lesson and all of sudden I heard gunshots directly behind me. That’s when the shooter opened the back classroom door and started firing at my classmates in the back, wounding them. I smelled and saw the gunpowder, i thought I was going to die. – Claire Papoulias	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It helps boost a soldier’s courage and aggressiveness, if soldiers engage in a mission that is not suitable for firing weapons, they may also use bayonet as an alternative option. – Su Tzu-yun	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In a simplistic sense, you can imagine that there’s a bunch of abnormal neurons in this one target that are firing away uncontrollably, causing the tremor, the shaking. – Neal Kassell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So, we know that it’s not only that the lights are on, we know that he’s home. And that it appears all cylinders are firing within his brain. – Timothy Pritts	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I did the right thing in firing [ FBI Director James ] Comey, if I didn't fire him, a lot of people said if I did n’t fire Comey, that was a coup attempt. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I was initially shocked when I heard of the first firing. – Nabretta Hardin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You're walking, it's 1:30 at night, you get something hit in the back, there's mayhem all over because apparently the person was firing shots everywhere, and it was just kind of mayhem from my client's perspective, he turns around, he sees the guy( Middleton) they engage and, boom, he fires a round, which happened to hit him. – Joey Jackson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Due to the firing from the temple roof and by the police, there was a chaotic situation and one bullet hit my son in his head. – Parvez Alam	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A family was barbecuing out in front of the house and someone drove by and unloaded on them, firing off about twenty or thirty rounds. – William McManus	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
While smoking, Mr. Rowland produced a handgun, which had been concealed on his person, firing it in the direction of and striking [Calloway County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jody Cash]. – Murray State University	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If you're in a classroom with innocent victims, and I know that shots have been fired, I need to engage you, even if you stopped firing, I'm going to make entry into the room so we can begin to administer life-saving aid to any potential victims. – Thor Eells	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If you're in a classroom with innocent victims and I know that shots have been fired, I need to engage you. Even if you stopped firing, I'm going to make entry into the room so we can begin to administer life-saving aid to any potential victims. – Thor Eells	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The occupiers began firing on Azovstal again as soon as the evacuation of some Ukrainians was completed. – Denis Schlega	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I believe this election is forcing me to choose between two unconstitutional methods of execution, and I do not intend to waive any challenges to electrocution or firing squad by making an election. – Bernard Moore	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That firearm was modified from its original condition with a component that made it capable of firing automatic gunfire and would classify it as a machine gun by California law. – Smiley Martin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
A short while ago, two terrorists arrived on Herbert Samuel Street in Hadera and began firing at a local police force. As a result of the shooting, the deaths of 2 passers-by were determined, an undercover force that was at the scene sought contact and after a brief gun battle neutralized the terrorists. – An Israeli police spokesperson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The soldiers heard [the teenager firing the gun] but since they were so drunk they didn't know where it was from, so they just started shooting everywhere they could see, [The Russian soldiers] looted all the stores, of course they got a lot of alcohol ... and got drunk and started shooting. – Vera Dmitrienko	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Trump's disgraceful firing of Ellen Knight is another stain on his presidency, those in the NSC and White House Counsel's office who tried to intimidate Ms. Ellen Knight, and then carried out Trump's personal vendetta, should be held to account. – John Bolton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt. – Mark Hertling	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think race played a role in my firing, what I mean by that is, there were things I was asked to do. There were conversations that were had. I was made out to be a difficult person to work with. I think my white counterparts wouldn’t have been asked to do the things I was asked to do. – Brian Flores	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's basically a firing squad. – Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In today's world where many countries waste time dealing with The United States with submission and blind obedience, there's only our country on this planet that can shake the world by firing a missile with the The United States mainland in its range, there are more than 200 countries in the world, but only a few have hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles. – The United	Found on CNN 2 years ago
No regrets at all – none, i just went on. I never called AE and said, ‘What are you doing?’ I never said a word when they came to visit me about 10 days after this all went down. I said, ‘Guys, did y’all ever hear from me with some kind of irate phone call? ‘Cause you were firing me?’ They said, ‘Mr. Robertson, you never said a word.’ … I quoted a Bible verse that dealt with homosexual behavior. I just quoted the Bible verse that God had written through Paul the Apostle by the power of the Holy Spirit… I didn’t dream it off the top of my head. It didn’t go any further than that. – Phil Robertson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

When someone can be killed in firing openly amidst the security cordon of the police, then what about the safety of the general public.

– Akhilesh Yadav

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The teacher was presenting a lesson and all of sudden I heard gunshots directly behind me. That’s when the shooter opened the back classroom door and started firing at my classmates in the back, wounding them. I smelled and saw the gunpowder, i thought I was going to die.

– Claire Papoulias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It helps boost a soldier’s courage and aggressiveness, if soldiers engage in a mission that is not suitable for firing weapons, they may also use bayonet as an alternative option.

– Su Tzu-yun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In a simplistic sense, you can imagine that there’s a bunch of abnormal neurons in this one target that are firing away uncontrollably, causing the tremor, the shaking.

– Neal Kassell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So, we know that it’s not only that the lights are on, we know that he’s home. And that it appears all cylinders are firing within his brain.

– Timothy Pritts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I did the right thing in firing [ FBI Director James ] Comey, if I didn't fire him, a lot of people said if I did n’t fire Comey, that was a coup attempt.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I was initially shocked when I heard of the first firing.

– Nabretta Hardin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You're walking, it's 1:30 at night, you get something hit in the back, there's mayhem all over because apparently the person was firing shots everywhere, and it was just kind of mayhem from my client's perspective, he turns around, he sees the guy( Middleton) they engage and, boom, he fires a round, which happened to hit him.

– Joey Jackson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Due to the firing from the temple roof and by the police, there was a chaotic situation and one bullet hit my son in his head.

– Parvez Alam

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A family was barbecuing out in front of the house and someone drove by and unloaded on them, firing off about twenty or thirty rounds.

– William McManus

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

While smoking, Mr. Rowland produced a handgun, which had been concealed on his person, firing it in the direction of and striking [Calloway County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jody Cash].

– Murray State University

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If you're in a classroom with innocent victims, and I know that shots have been fired, I need to engage you, even if you stopped firing, I'm going to make entry into the room so we can begin to administer life-saving aid to any potential victims.

– Thor Eells

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you're in a classroom with innocent victims and I know that shots have been fired, I need to engage you. Even if you stopped firing, I'm going to make entry into the room so we can begin to administer life-saving aid to any potential victims.

– Thor Eells

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The occupiers began firing on Azovstal again as soon as the evacuation of some Ukrainians was completed.

– Denis Schlega

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I believe this election is forcing me to choose between two unconstitutional methods of execution, and I do not intend to waive any challenges to electrocution or firing squad by making an election.

– Bernard Moore

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That firearm was modified from its original condition with a component that made it capable of firing automatic gunfire and would classify it as a machine gun by California law.

– Smiley Martin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

A short while ago, two terrorists arrived on Herbert Samuel Street in Hadera and began firing at a local police force. As a result of the shooting, the deaths of 2 passers-by were determined, an undercover force that was at the scene sought contact and after a brief gun battle neutralized the terrorists.

– An Israeli police spokesperson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The soldiers heard [the teenager firing the gun] but since they were so drunk they didn't know where it was from, so they just started shooting everywhere they could see, [The Russian soldiers] looted all the stores, of course they got a lot of alcohol ... and got drunk and started shooting.

– Vera Dmitrienko

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Trump's disgraceful firing of Ellen Knight is another stain on his presidency, those in the NSC and White House Counsel's office who tried to intimidate Ms. Ellen Knight, and then carried out Trump's personal vendetta, should be held to account.

– John Bolton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You see that force, that small squad there of about 10 guys, the guy up furthest away from us is repeatedly firing rocket-propelled grenades, he's fired by my count about five of them, he is handing off the launcher to another guy, they are reloading and he is ready to shoot again, and everybody else, Mark Hertling look at the cool, calm, collected approach by these soldiers under fire, they're not afraid, they're ready to kick some butt.

– Mark Hertling

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think race played a role in my firing, what I mean by that is, there were things I was asked to do. There were conversations that were had. I was made out to be a difficult person to work with. I think my white counterparts wouldn’t have been asked to do the things I was asked to do.

– Brian Flores

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's basically a firing squad.

– Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In today's world where many countries waste time dealing with The United States with submission and blind obedience, there's only our country on this planet that can shake the world by firing a missile with the The United States mainland in its range, there are more than 200 countries in the world, but only a few have hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles.

– The United

Found on CNN
2 years ago

No regrets at all – none, i just went on. I never called AE and said, ‘What are you doing?’ I never said a word when they came to visit me about 10 days after this all went down. I said, ‘Guys, did y’all ever hear from me with some kind of irate phone call? ‘Cause you were firing me?’ They said, ‘Mr. Robertson, you never said a word.’ … I quoted a Bible verse that dealt with homosexual behavior. I just quoted the Bible verse that God had written through Paul the Apostle by the power of the Holy Spirit… I didn’t dream it off the top of my head. It didn’t go any further than that.

– Phil Robertson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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