21.   The nuns, who say they have never fired their pistols, were uncomfortable when questioned about arms in the convent.

22.   The sheriff fired his pistol into the air six times.

23.   The Texan drained his glass of tequila, threw the half full bottle up in the air, drew and fired his pistol, shattering the bottle.

24.   They were deterred when police fired pistols into the air.

25.   Throughout the Gaza Strip and West Bank Thursday, Palestinians fired their pistols and slaughtered sheep in honor of their freed relatives.

26.   Prosecutors say she fired her pistol when government officials came to take her father to prison to face corruption charges.

27.   Police said the gunmen fired pistols from a vehicle with darkened windows.

28.   A congressman accused of bigamy repeatedly fired a pistol in the National Assembly on Friday and threatened to kill himself before finally surrendering after a five-hour standoff.

29.   A foreign exchange student from France accidentally fired a pistol as he showed it to a high school classmate from Norway, killing the Norwegian youth, police said.

30.   A Bosnian Serb fired a pistol Thursday and joined three others attacking journalists and a U.N. police vehicle accompanying Muslims in north-central Bosnia.