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NERD TREK
April 25, 2018
If the character has Catch Off-Guard or Improvised Weapon Mastery, then improvised weapons similarly are treated as belonging to the close weapon group. If the character has Throw Anything or Improvised Weapon mastery, then improvised ranged weapons are treated as such as well – this is a prettyÃâà...
Gossip Extra
April 24, 2018
Nonetheless, the freshwater fish enthusiast was taken into custody on a charge of domestic battery and transported to the county jail. Currently free on $500 bond, he is due for arraignment on May 15th. Police may or may not have confiscated Carney's improvised weapon. It may be that they simply hadÃâà...
Napa Valley Register
April 24, 2018
If the shooter finds you, fight back with whatever improvised weapons you can find, such as chairs, hot coffee or fire extinguishers. You have a legal right to defend yourself, so aim for weak spots, be aggressive, and “don't fight fair,” he said. In 160 active shooter incidents since 2000, 13 percent have beenÃâà...
Fremont Tribune
April 24, 2018
When the shooter comes in, the person by the door can use an improvised weapon. “Anything you can pick up. Anything you've got in your purse,” Wimer said. “Use improvised weapons if you have them or can think of them — keys. Use your shoe if you have to. “Fight like your life depends on it, because itÃâà...
Chippewa Herald
April 23, 2018
Although the odds of being involved in an active shooter situation are low, such occurrences have become more common over the past 15 years, according to FBI statistics. Data also shows that more than 60 percent of active shooter incidents are over within five minutes. Knowing exactly what to do duringÃâà...
Get Surrey
April 23, 2018
“Of further concern is the continued importation and use of illicit drugs which has remained an endemic problem throughout the year despite some successful actions by the prison to capture or detect drugs, also mobile phones and improvised weapons,” the report concludes. “Prisoners are regularly foundÃâà...
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
April 12, 2018
One new section lists weapons and improvised weapons that wouldn't be allowed at demonstrations. They include metal pipes, baseball bats, lumber, bricks, rocks, glass or metal beverage cans, shields, axes and hatchets, ice picks, razor blades, Tasers, spray cans, fireworks, bike locks, heavy chains,Ãâà...
Sun.Star
April 7, 2018
IN the Oplan Linis Piitan of the Talisay City Jail, police and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) personnel seized various improvised weapons from inmates. Jail Chief Insp. Mary Jane Inopia, Talisay City Jail warden, said there were no cellular phones or shabu when they searched.
BBC News
April 6, 2018
The number of Scottish school exclusions or physical assaults involving weapons or improvised weapons has risen to a five-year high. Figures for 2016/17 showed there were 311 instances of a pupil being excluded for using a weapon to assault another pupil or member of staff. There were a further 428Ãâà...
Delaware State News
March 30, 2018
In securing the shooter's weapon, ordinary items can become improvised weapons: fire extinguishers, chairs, scissors, razor blades, letter openers, pens and pencils, bug spray, pepper spray, mace, cleaning supplies, screw drivers, hammers, golf clubs and kitchen knives. “Whatever you have. Attack theÃâà...
AltChar
March 29, 2018
Since the player character is a mining engineer, it goes without saying that they will be creating improvised weapons but the star of the show is, of course, the hammer. Players who might be playing a Red Faction game for the first the may want to check up on the game's abundant lore. If you don't feel likeÃâà...
Polygon
March 28, 2018
Every improvised weapon you use in Yakuza 6 makes the fight that much shorter. You're usually outnumbered. While Kiryu is a one-man punch-dealing machine, he's still going to be outnumbered in nearly every fight, and it's important to remember that. Don't wander into the middle of a crowd of bad guysÃâà...
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
March 23, 2018
Is he labeling all AR-15 rifle owners as “crazies”? Any type of firearm which he may own can be just as destructive as an AR-15 depending upon the skill and intent of a given perpetrator. Improvised weapons, which can't possibly be controlled by any government agency such as the pressure cooker bombsÃâà...
Kotaku UK (blog)
March 22, 2018
If you deliberately drink too much grog, for example, then throw up into your bucket, you've now got an improvised weapon that can be thrown into another pirate's face as a distraction. The first time I worked out that I could drop an anchor briefly to force my boat into a handbrake turn was a delight, andÃâà...
Deccan Herald
March 22, 2018
The range of lethal weapons, however, would remain the same as the repertoire of guns and explosives had been refreshed to phase out traditional instruments and include new improvised weapons, said a senior police official. For years now, the police have been using .303 rifles and musket in theÃâà...
San Jose Inside (blog)
March 22, 2018
Diaz, a 22-year law enforcement veteran, motions toward a PowerPoint slide that describes what to do if an armed intruder enters a classroom: shout, use improvised weapons and, if possible, tackle the shooter to the ground. “How are you gonna do that?” he asks the few-dozen folks in the audience. “GrabÃâà...
Youngstown Vindicator
March 20, 2018
8 to possessing an improvised weapon in the county jail and could get 11 years in prison for that in a separate case. The filing says Burke's lengthy juvenile record, the Bristol and Cortland crimes last summer and the jail charge show that “lifetime incarceration must occur to prohibit [him] from victimizingÃâà...
The Star Democrat
March 14, 2018
Submachine guns were shipped from sympathizers in America, but the British still had the advantage. Firefights were avoided, and improvised weapons such as grenades were favored. The IRA became proficient with IED explosives. Artillery played a relatively small role, as militaries are heavily armed andÃâà...
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
March 12, 2018
GREENCASTLE, Ind.--You'll be able to get educated on what the Indiana State Police say you should do in an active shooter situation. The free program is being presented at Greencastle High School, March 21, at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Rich Hogue, a long-time Indiana educator, has been putting on programs withÃâà...
Finger Lakes Times
March 5, 2018
In the Times' Feb. 25 article about school safety concerns in the Geneva City School District, I take exception to a quote from GHS Principal Greg Baker who said, “When I first got to Geneva High School, there was almost no measure of school safety other than we had a School Resource Officer which wasÃâà...
Morton Times-News
March 4, 2018
Members of a security team can include people with concealed carry permits, but in one case out of 10, an unarmed respondent is able to subdue an assailant through use of martial arts or with improvised weapons. “People who come into a church with a weapon are not expecting a fight.” Willi said.
NCC Linked
March 3, 2018
“Hide” means turning off lights, locking and barricading doors; and “Fight” is a last resort, using improvised weapons to defend yourself. ... a lockdown the officers were encouraged to spread out and throw an improvised weapon to when the attacker entered to disorient the shooter in the training exercise.
The Guardian
February 23, 2018
Dozens of barrel bombs – improvised weapons filled with explosives, shrapnel and anything that will rip through skin – have been dropped on homes. Hundreds of missiles have been fired. Eight hospitals have been struck. More than 250 people have been killed and the death toll is rising by the hour.
Belfast Media Group
February 23, 2018
Following a meeting with senior PSNI officers last Friday, Mr Humphrey said: “On Tuesday evening a large group of nationalist youths entered the Westland estate armed with improvised weapons and there was further trouble on Wednesday when nationalist youths came up through the WaterworksÃâà...
Belfast Telegraph
February 17, 2018
More than 40 youths reportedly gathered near the Waterworks area on Tuesday and Wednesday, armed with improvised weapons including a crowbar and copper piping. MLA William Humphrey attended Tennent Street police station alongside councillors Naomi Thompson, Brian Kingston and the recentlyÃâà...
Belfast Telegraph
February 15, 2018
He said: "Residents in the unionist Westland estate were alarmed to find that around 40 nationalist youths had entered their estate carrying various improvised weapons. One female resident has described persuading youths aged around 13 to 14-years-old, both boys and girls, to give up weapons.
Times Record
February 10, 2018
Hollenbeck recommends using chairs, music stands or even Bibles as “improvised weapons” when executing the plan. “They are always out there,” Runion said of improvised weapons. “It's just a mindset that you are going to survive, that you are going to protect your flock.” Despite the session, HollenbeckÃâà...
WFMY News 2
February 9, 2018
The lamp could also serve as an improvised weapon,” she said. Whatever that weapon is going to be --- pick an item now and put it on your nightstand tonight. A heavy hardback book, a potted plant, something. Use that weapon for all it's worth! The self-defense experts say to keep striking until the intruderÃâà...
Coos Bay World
December 31, 1999
Additionally, he used physical force and an improvised weapon when he tried to assault a neighbor who intervened to break up the fight. He was arrested on 13 charges including: burglary in the first degree; assault on public safety officer (Attempted); aggravated harassment; robbery in the third degree;Ãâà...
The National
December 31, 1999
Iran is providing Yemen's Houthi rebels with materials to manufacture armour-piercing improvised explosive devices, according to a new report by an arms tracking group. “Improvised weapons used by Yemen's Houthi forces have been manufactured using the same, identically configured components asÃâà...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
“Improvised weapons used by Yemen's Houthi forces have been manufactured using the same, identically configured components as those recovered from Iranian-backed groups in Bahrain,” said James Bevan, executive director of the group. “CAR's latest findings confirm consistencies in Iran's militaryÃâà...
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
December 31, 1999
Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- As with many leftist writers in Europe and the United States, the author appears to glory in their ignorance of weapons and weapon technology. The short spear improvised from a kitchen knife, above, is not a “makeshift bayonet”. A bayonet is a blade that is to be attached to aÃâà...
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