1.   According to legend, anyone who ever fired the weapon died of a broken heart or cardiac arrest.

2.   Police were told not to fire their weapons.

3.   Mobs burned tyres in the streets, and the prudent stayed at home while soldiers drove around firing their weapons.

4.   The terrorists were obviously about to fire their weapon and it was aimed at the main grandstands.

5.   The slightest movement, even a puff of wind, could provide the jolt to complete the electric circuit and fire the weapon.

6.   As if in slow motion they both aimed and fired their weapons.

7.   Their actual ability to fire a weapon, a hand gun in this case.

8.   American and Russian troops did not fire their weapons and did not suffer casualties.

9.   American soldiers rushed to the scene to restore order, firing their weapons to disperse the crowd and searching buildings in the area.