21.   At the height of the war for Grozny, the capital of secessionist Chechnya, Russian soldiers fired automatic weapons at the hospital, Chechen doctors said.

22.   Both the Bosnian army and Bosnian Serbs have fired banned weapons from the zone in recent weeks, but only rarely on targets inside Sarajevo.

23.   -- Reassessed the rules of engagement governing the actions of the American troops with an eye toward allowing GIs to fire their weapons in situations other than self-defense.

24.   A few years earlier he had fired his weapon during an off-duty confrontation with Fordham University students outside a bar in the Bronx.

25.   A recent videotape of bin Laden in Afghanistan showed him and his followers engaging in combat training, including firing heavy weapons and storming buildings.

26.   A weapon was fired into the air, but no one was hurt.

27.   A test on his hands to determine if he had fired a weapon proved positive, according to the autopsy report.

28.   According to the Police Department, most New York City police officers serve their entire careers without ever firing their weapons.

29.   After the confrontation at Cahuenga and Regal Place, the fatally injured officer pulled into the nearby Arco service station, followed by the officer who fired his weapon.

30.   Agents said many of the choppers were still equipped to fire weapons.