Word: defenselessness
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...comes to guns. I grew up surrounded by firearms and the boys who loved them. My father is a bona fide hunting nut who threatened to buy my son a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association for his first birthday. I myself have mowed down a variety of defenseless woodland creatures. I used to be a decent shot with a pistol, and once during the Clinton years, I spearheaded an outing of lefty political scribes for a round of skeet shooting...
...from the Robert Ludlum oeuvre. And the issue of whether a genocidal dictator will be killed doesn't have much emotional weight. Nor does the moral question--Can a person do good by killing a bad man?--mean a lot when a star is pointing a gun at a defenseless supporting player...
Exactly three minutes later, freshman Dan Bertram doubled the Eagles lead when he capitalized on an awkward carom off the corner of the boards that left the puck dangling dangerously, just feet from a defenseless Grumet-Morris...
...this winter break, there’s still intersession and spring break coming up. Which is why I’m passing on a useful tip posted on the Internet. Airline regulations currently ban passengers from carrying deadly weapons like pepper spray, so it seems we’re defenseless against molesters. But not to worry: Eat enough bean burritos at Felipe’s before you go, and you have your very own organic version...
Arafat funded violent groups throughout the territories. Even in the optimistic early days after the signing of the Oslo accords, Arafat turned a blind eye when Palestinian terrorists bombed defenseless Israeli civilians. Apparently he believed that such acts would force more concessions from Israel. What Palestinians needed was a leader like Nelson Mandela. What they got was a sort of Robert Mugabe. Good riddance, and please, no more crocodile tears...