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Whatever motivated her to stab Stephen Timms existed in her mind long before 9/11 or the half-cock occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan

Roshonara Choudhry: a sad and misguided case Michael White 2010

I find them useless, if there must be a manual safety in place of the half-cock I guess the tang safety is a better choice.

The Best (and Worst) Shotgun Safeties 2009

He grew nervous, cocked the trigger, then put it back to half-cock again.

FINIS 2010

It just goes to show that even clever people can be educated out of their wits because whatever motivated Choudhry and allegedly al-Asiri existed in minds like theirs long before 9/11 or the half-cock occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan turned their very unoriginal thoughts to murder as a means of making sense of unhappy lives.

Roshonara Choudhry: a sad and misguided case Michael White 2010

I find them useless, if there must be a manual safety in place of the half-cock I guess the tang safety is a better choice.

The Best (and Worst) Shotgun Safeties 2009

He lowered the trigger to half-cock, and drew on his mitten to keep the trigger-hand warm.

FINIS 2010

I didn't take the picture, but I am very excited half cocked, really to see my Oakland neighborhood represent in the half-cock picture.

BSNYC Friday Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune! BikeSnobNYC 2010

What you end up with is a lot of smart ass moves, aborted attacks, and techniques jammed at half-cock before they go off.

Kurtzhau! (Fighting within the system) zornhau 2008

Reich leaped to his feet, bow ready, a featherless arrow at half-cock, and peered intently into the darkness.

Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

But yet another half-cock game of hunt the boodle dragging out week after week?

The BBC Trust is dancing to the Tory tune, but the talent won't 2010