1.   Bored soldiers were showing how various mechanisms operated and explaining the rate at which bullets could be discharged.

2.   A ricin-tipped bullet was discharged into the victim, and he died a day after the attack. . . .

3.   If a gun were loaded, the bullet would be discharged into the device without harm.

4.   The main thing is that while the water keeps getting deeper, people in boats discharge more bullets.