The Pistol
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| Originally published | 1959 |
| Authors | James Jones |
| Preceded by | Some Came Running |
| Genres | Fiction |
| War Story | |
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| ID | 2112082 |
About The Pistol
As bombs begin to fall on Pearl Harbor, nineteen-year-old PFC Richard Mask is wearing a pistol, a . 45 caliber automatic that makes him feel connected to the army of the Wild West and Custer's Cavalry. . . .
Boy with water pistol confronted by armed police
... It condemned the response and said The Pistol was unmistakably a toy...
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... The actor told investigators at the time that he pulled back the hammer on The Pistol, but did not pull the trigger...
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... The president s son, however, wrote about his addiction to crack cocaine during the period of his life when he bought The Pistol in his 2021 memoir Beautiful Things...
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... The Pistol had started to break apart as the two fought and was later believed to have been a plastic BB gun, officers added...
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... The boy brought The Pistol in his backpack to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, a city of about 180,000 residents north-west of Virginia Beach...
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... Niall Sheerin, 29, from Tyrconnell Street in Londonderry, admitted possessing The Pistol between 11 September 2018 and 6 June 2020...
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... As well as The Pistol found with a loaded magazine on a seat in the car, a bullet casing matching the weapon was found nearby, police say...
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... Quite extraordinary case Harry Wilson paid for The Pistol, a Glock magazine and 50 rounds of ammunition with cryptocurrency but the parcel was intercepted by law enforcement agencies in the United States...
Boy with water pistol confronted by armed police
By Jess Warren & PA MediaBBC News
A 13-year-old boy was surrounded by armed police after an officer mistook his water pistol for a real gun.
The Child was " rammed" off his bike by a police van and handcuffed as he was confronted by marksmen in Hackney, East London , In July , The Alliance for Police Accountability (APA) said.
It condemned the response and said The Pistol was unmistakably a toy.
The Met Police's Det Ch Supt James Conway said he had apologised for the " trauma" caused to The Boy .
In a statement, the APA called The Treatment of The Boy , referred to as Child X, " appalling".
He was having a water fight with his sibling on 19 July when a Police Officer on patrol reported a potential firearms incident, the APA said.
One of The Toys was blue and white, And One was pink and white, it reported.
Armed units from The Met and City of London Police were sent to The Scene , where they arrested Child X on suspicion of being in possession of a firearm, the APA said.
" The subsequent treatment of Child X and the horrific scene that unfolded was appalling, " it said in a statement.
" A police van rammed Child X off his bicycle, knocking him to the ground. He was surrounded by armed police officers who pointed their firearms at him. "
The APA said The Boy 's mother was " treated with contempt by the officers" when she arrived and challenged them.
Child X was de-arrested at The Scene soon afterwards, the APA said.
'Extremely distressing'An internal investigation by The Met Police found no misconduct had been committed by the officers involved.
A further complaint accusing them of racial bias is still being investigated by The Force 's standards department.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct said The Met could carry out both investigations itself.
Mr Conway said he had apologised to The Family for the " extremely distressing" incident.
" We know it may cause public concern and we want to help The Public understand why we responded in The Way we did, " He Said .
Mr Conway said that, according to the College of Policing, officers " should treat all firearms as real and loaded until proven otherwise".
" This does not in any way detract from our recognition of the trauma caused to The Boy , for which I apologised soon afterwards to His Family , " he added.
Child X's family have seen body-worn video of What Happened and have met Mr Conway.
They are due to make a statement about The Incident on Thursday.
A City of London Police spokesperson said The Force attended The Incident in support of The Met Police " as common practice".
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