Word: pistoles
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hour tape recording made by the detectives who questioned Goetz when he surrendered to them in Concord, N.H. In it, Goetz said the four "wanted to play with me, like a cat plays with a mouse" -- before he assumed a shooter's stance and methodically emptied his pistol at his tormentors. "I know this sounds horrible," he said, "but my intention was to murder them . . . to make them suffer as much as possible...
...distinct possibility since the Sandinista leadership encourages Nicaraguans to carry weapons in war zones in self-defense. The rebels regard anyone armed or in uniform as a combatant, though the Sandinistas view many of the same people as civilians. It remained unclear whether Linder, who sometimes carried a pistol for protection, was armed...
...such celebrity diners as Actor Carroll O'Connor, owner and occasional piano player at the Ginger Man, and cigar-puffing George Burns are willing to conform. "I'll do whatever the city wants," says O'Connor stoically. Debbie Parker, a ban supporter who has a water pistol emblazoned with the words STOP OR I'LL SHOOT, says, "Smokers have had a lack of consideration for others for a long time. Now the tables are turned." The Beverly Hills police -- famed for their vigilance in cracking down on jaywalking, illegal parking and attempted burglary -- are so far going slowly. They have...
...pistol's realistic ability to hit a target with an infrared light beam has made the Lazer Tag gun the hottest high-tech toy on the market, although it has been condemned by critics for promoting violence. Now the game's realism appears to have cost a young player his life. One night last week Leonard Falcon, 19, and three young friends were darting about Central Elementary % School in Rancho Cucamonga, a suburban town 45 miles east of Los Angeles, zapping each other with the beams from their guns. During the mock combat, Falcon jumped from behind bushes, assumed...
Authorities say the officer was investigating a report of armed prowlers in the schoolyard; in the darkness the distinct flash of light from the toy gun made it look as if a real pistol were being fired. "The deputy reacted as he had been trained to react," said City Manager Lauren M. Wasserman. "He had a hundredth of a second to make a decision." Said the boy's father Joseph Falcon, who had been uneasy about the toy guns: "Something has got to be done to warn people...