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October 25, 2014
Layers of Fact-Checking [CBD]
I have been around guns most of my life. Rifles, pistols, shotguns....but I have never heard this particular phrase to describe a rifle. I assume they mean a single-shot? Or perhaps a bolt-action? Perhaps I have led a sheltered life......
Much remains unknown about the assault, including how Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau, a convicted criminal, managed to acquire the single-action Winchester deer-hunting rifle he used in the attack, killing a ceremonial guard, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, at a national war memorial and leaving three people in the national parliamentary complex lightly injured.
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New York Times; October 24, 2014.
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