11.   An account pieced together from witnesses and the Egyptian authorities suggests that the attack began when gunmen fired automatic weapons at the bus.

12.   And they fire off weapons all the time.

13.   And, at least once, she fired the weapon, though not at anyone.

14.   Anyone who intends to fire the weapon must know the combination.

15.   As monks chanted in the campground Sunday afternoon, the police fired automatic weapons into the air.

16.   As the van moved backward, police said, it struck one of the troopers, prompting them to fire their weapons.

17.   As it was, after attempted murder charges were dropped, he spent two months in the county jail in Williamsport for firing a weapon in a public place.

18.   At night here, the sound of gunfire is constant, though everyone believes that most of it is just drunks firing off weapons for fun.

19.   At one point, six truckloads of riot police officers drove along the white iron fence that surrounds the university, standing and firing their weapons from the back.

20.   At least one U.S. government official said that Pupo probably fired his weapon on the plane, jeopardizing its safety.