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  2. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    And as the mark's careful count exceeds "street" rate, the changer pretends to realise he has overpaid the mark, and he becomes irrationally agitated and angry, accusing the mark of cheating. He grabs his money back, pushes the mark's bill back into his hands and takes back the pesos. The scam has been completed. The tourist has just lost $99.

  3. The Truth About Guns - Wikipedia

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    The Truth About Guns (TTAG) is an American blog about firearms which launched in February 2010. The site's articles and posts cover a wide range of topics including gun politics, firearms products and accessories, current events relating to firearms, firearms business, ethics relating to firearms, firearms culture, firearms technology, and other firearms-related articles.

  4. ATF gunwalking scandal - Wikipedia

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    Gunwalking, or "letting guns walk", was a tactic used by the Arizona U.S. Attorney's Office and the Arizona Field Office of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which ran a series of sting operations [2] [3] between 2006 [4] and 2011 [2] [5] in the Tucson and Phoenix area where the ATF "purposely allowed ...

  5. EXPLAINER: Guns on movie sets: How does that work? - AOL

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    Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a loaded weapon that was handed to him by an assistant director who mistakenly believed it was safe to use on the New Mexico ...

  6. Forensic firearm examination - Wikipedia

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    After test firing the guns, Goddard proved that the weapons were those used to kill the members of the North Side Gang, absolving the Chicago police department of all involvement. [12] The successful use of Goddard's technique resulted in the solidification of his place as the father of forensic firearm examination.

  7. Guns don't kill people, people kill people - Wikipedia

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    On analysis of the original slogan, gun violence researchers Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig provide alternatives "Guns don't kill people; they just make it real easy" and "guns don't kill people; violent and impulsive people kill people—usually with guns". [107]

  8. Ninoy Aquino International Airport bullet planting scandal

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    The Ninoy Aquino International Airport bullet-planting scandal, locally known as tanim-bala ("bullet planting") or laglag-bala ("bullet dropping"), was a scandal in the Philippines that began in September 2015 and lasted until early 2016, in which airport security personnel at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Metro Manila were alleged to have planted bullets in the luggage of ...

  9. Improvised firearm - Wikipedia

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    A zip gun constructed from a toy cap gun. The gun is capable of shooting a .22 caliber round. More advanced improvised guns can use parts from other gun-like products. One example is the cap gun. A cap gun can be disassembled, and a barrel added, turning the toy gun into a real one.