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M16A2 Rifle with M203 Grenade Launcher - Primary function: Anti-personnel, light materiel targets and less-than-lethal. Length: 39.6 with compensator. Weight: 8.8 lbs. with 30-round magazine. Caliber: 5.56 mm NATO. Maximum effective range: Individual/point target: 550 meters; area target: 800meters. Cyclic rate of fire: 700-900 rounds per minute.

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M240B Medium Machine Gun - Primary function: Anti-personnel, aerial defense and light materiel targets. Length: 4 ft. 1 in. Weight: 27.1 lbs. Caliber: 7.62 mm NATO. Maximum ef- fective range: Area target: 800 meters; point target: 1,800 meters with tripod. Cyclic rate of fire: 650-950 rounds per minute.

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MP5K Submachine Gun - Primary function: Anti-personnel. Length: 12.8 in. Weight: 4.4 lbs. Caliber: 9 mm NATO. Maximum effective range: 100 meters. Cyclic rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute.

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M249 light machine gun - Airman 1st Class Seth Lamb, a member of the 122nd Security Forces Squadron, fires a burst of blanks from his M249 light machine gun at enemy combatants during an ambush exercise July 29, 2015, at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich. Airmen from the 122nd Fighter Wing participated in the exercise as part of their annual training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. William Hopper)

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Beretta M9 pistol - Staff Sgt. Nathan A. Hruska fires his Beretta M9 pistol during a weapons qualification Aug. 15, 2014, at Operation Northern Strike in Alpena, Mich. Northern Strike was a 3-week exercise led by the National Guard that demonstrated the combined power of joint and multinational air and ground forces. Hruska is a tactical air control party specialist with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron. TACPs were with the Air National Guards 169th ASOS from Peoria, Ill., and more than 5,000 other armed forces members from 12 states and two coalition nations participated in the combat training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)

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Illustration on the civil/military relationship by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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State-run Chinese media showcased the Tianying — "Sky Hawk" — drone that appears similar in design to the bat-winged U.S. B-2 stealth bomber. (China Central Television)

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Dr. Martin Luther King speaks March 25, 1967 at the Chicago peace march. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity)

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In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, a Coast Guard man stands on a jetty at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) **FILE**

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Second Amendment fans protest at the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord. A firearms ban in the building prompted a GOP uprising. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, people watch as stores burn in Ferguson, Mo. The four Republican candidates in Missouri's gubernatorial primary on Aug. 2, 2016, are pledging an aggressive law-and-order approach, two years after the fatal Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown prompted widespread protests. But the four candidates aren't focusing on complaints about police discrimination. Instead, their TV ads have shown images of riots while promising to "secure our streets" and "enforce the law." (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Syria Troop Removal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Protestors carrying rifles walk up the steps for a rally at the City County building on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The protesters, many openly carrying guns, gathered in downtown Pittsburgh to rally against the city council's proposed restrictions and banning of semi-automatic rifles, certain ammunition and firearms accessories within city limits. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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FILE - In this May 24, 2018 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro watches a military parade, alongside his Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez, behind, at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela. State television in Venezuela showed President Maduro abruptly cutting short a speech on Saturday, Aug. 4, causing hundreds of soldiers present to break ranks and scatter.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

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Inert tuxedo grenades

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Leaving Afghanistan Behind Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on Russian threats to European security by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Border Protection officers to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Border Protection officers to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)