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riot gun
noun
- a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of riot gun1
Example Sentences
In 2015, a county inmate was beaten to death by three jail guards, and another inmate died after guards shot him with a riot gun at close range.
鈥淔ifteen minutes of spectacular fighting scattered the protest鈥 in all directions as 鈥渇iremen turned hoses onto the crowd and a police truck equipped with tear gas, submachine guns and riot guns鈥 arrived, the Times continued.
The judge had issued an order prohibiting police from using less-lethal riot guns and launchers and using pepper spray on people engaged in passive resistance.
Customs and Border Protection has authorized its personnel to use less-lethal force, such as riot guns firing pepper spray balls, against protesters who fire lasers 鈥 an increasingly prominent tactic for rioters in Portland.
Video captured by KABC-TV鈥檚 news helicopter overhead purportedly showed the moments an officer fired a riot gun at Sanderlin, who had approached with his hands up.
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