Word: weaponeering
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...public and unapologetic about his strict Roman Catholic views on divorce and abortion. Despite a handful of soft and serious performances, Gibson is for all practical purposes an action hero, to be forever associated with "Mad Max" and the swaggering, gun-slinging cop Martin Riggs of his four "Lethal Weapon" movies...
Furthermore, Bush's record in Texas includes legislation making parents accountable for weapons in their homes, the creation of weapon-free school zones and tougher penalties for selling guns to kids--all of which have led to a decrease in both adult crime (down 14 percent) and juvenile crime (down 17 percent) during his tenure as governor. Bush's goals on gun control are simple rather than depriving law-abiding citizens the right to legally and safely possess a firearm, we must enforce our current laws that restrict criminals access to weapons...
...post, she engaged in some of the most steely-eyed mudslinging seen in the state in many years--and in the primaries the mud was flung against a G.O.P. friend and mentor. But that hard-won post proved too pedestrian for Harris. The job entails overseeing corporate filings, concealed-weapon permits and the state's election procedures. And so in her thousand-dollar power suits, Harris turned the office into a glamorous, globe-trotting Florida p.r. firm that lured business and ballet to the peninsula state...
What the Electoral College needs is a neutron bomb--a weapon that leaves the structure standing but wipes out the people. While there are plausible arguments for preserving this 200-year-old system, the first step is to cleanse it of its most dangerous moving part: human beings...
...only the opposition Hamas and Islamic Jihad factions which have openly challenged Arafat's leadership but even the rank-and-file militiamen of his own Fatah organization have vowed to defy his cease-fire call. High-profile terror attacks have until now been the Islamists most effective weapon against any moves toward peace; they're not unpopular on the Palestinian street, and the rage they generate in Israel creates irresistible political pressure on the Israeli leadership for even tougher action against Palestinians - which in turn simply fuels the anger on the Palestinian street and further weakens Arafat's authority...