Prior lists of gun safety rules included as few as three basic safety rules or as many as ten rules including gun safety and sporting etiquette rules.

Prior to World War II, Army Ordnance received reports from various branches ( infantry, armor, artillery, supply ) that the full-size M1 rifle was unsuitable as issued for an increasing number of soldiers with specialized training ( mortar crews, Rangers, Paratroopers, Machine gun crews, Radiomen, Tankers, Artillerymen, Forward observers, Signals troops, Engineers, Headquarters staff etc.

Prior to the taping, however, a " sloppy " stage hand, at the request of drummer Keith Moon ( who allegedly bribed him with a bottle of whiskey ), had overloaded Moon's kick drum with gun powder.

Prior to handing the gun to another person, the magician would tip the Philadelphia Deringer, causing the lead ball to drop into a closed palm.

Prior to 1914 the basic Schutztruppe unit in Southeast Africa was the feldkompagnie comprising seven or eight German officers and NCOs with between 150 and 200 askaris ( usually 160 )-including two machine gun teams.

Prior to the Mark XIV, early Bolo Marks utilised projectile weapons for their main battery: a tank gun firing discarding sabot fin-stabilized long rod penetrator shells or a railgun.

Prior to World War II, the primary US anti-aircraft gun was the 3-inch M1918 gun ( 76. 2 mm L / 50 ), a widely-used caliber for this class of weapon.

Prior to the Holland game, Staunton was confronted and threatened by a man outside the team hotel on Monday 14 August with a gun that turned out to be an imitation Uzi machine gun.

Prior to the tank, armies used horses and field guns ( cannon ), and possessed no gun designed to fire within a confined space.

Prior to the website's closure, ColdHeat featured products other than the soldering tool that use the same technology, including a cordless hot-melt glue gun called Freestyle.

Prior to its closure the site was producing gun and rocket propellant for use in numerous weapons systems.

Prior to the American Civil War gun powder was stored by the United States Army at various powder facilities throughout the eastern United States.

Prior to meeting Mallowan, Christie had not had any extensive brushes with archaeology, but once the two married they made sure to only go to sites where they could work together.

# Prior to being drawn and enabled, one is unable to believe … able only to resist.

Prior to more general use of such technology these wheelchair users could only use specialist paratransit mobility buses.

Prior to 1931, as soon as the first necessary run to win the game scored, the play was over, and the batter was credited only with the number of bases needed to drive in the winning run.

Prior to 1970, writers only voted for the best pitcher and used a formula of one point per vote.

Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dated from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890.

Prior to that, hunting by local natives can be documented from Late Stone Age Scandinavia and eastern North America, as well as from early 5th century Labrador, where the bird seems to have occurred only as a straggler.

Prior to the Babylonian exile, the names of only four months are referred to in the Tanakh:

Prior to the accident he had captained England 22 times, and, being only 27, was expected to lead them in the 1966 World Cup ; but he was never again selected for the national team.

Prior to Lesotho's independence in 1966, the only paved road in the country was the Kingsway in the capital, Maseru, between the Mejametalana Airport and the Royal Palace.

Prior to 1990, the only specialty performing laparoscopy on a widespread basis was gynecology, mostly for relatively short, simple procedures such as a diagnostic laparoscopy or tubal ligation.

Prior to his death, Mahfouz was the oldest living Nobel Literature laureate and the third oldest of all time, trailing only Bertrand Russell and Halldor Laxness.

Prior to 1950, there were only of railway lines.

Prior to the 1999 season, Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees where he won his only two World Series titles.

Prior to that date, an award for working more than 100 countries on RTTY was only available via RTTY Journal.

Prior to his death, he had his chief officers swear an oath of loyalty to Izz al-Din, as he was the only Zengid ruler strong enough to oppose Saladin.

Prior to 2008, Stockholm University had only one student union

Prior to the civil war, Somalia had only one national airline, Somali Airlines, that serviced the entire country.

Prior to this contract agreement the Padres had offered to renew Gonzalez's contract during the offseason at $ 380, 500, only $ 500 over the league minimum for the 2007 season.

Prior to vaccination with cowpox, the only known protection against smallpox was inoculation or variolation ( Variola-the Smallpox viruses ) where a small amount of live smallpox virus was administered to the patient ; this carried the serious risk that the patient would be killed or seriously ill.

Prior to the introduction of this new technology, moving image production was only available to the consumer ( or the artist for that matter ) by way of eight or sixteen millimeter film, but did not provide the instant playback that video tape technologies offered.

Prior to his death, Lee told his then only two living instructors Kimura and Inosanto ( James Yimm Lee had died in 1972 ) to dismantle his schools.

Prior to the mid 1990s, WNV disease occurred only sporadically and was considered a minor risk for humans, until an outbreak in Algeria in 1994, with cases of WNV-caused encephalitis, and the first large outbreak in Romania in 1996, with a high number of cases with neuroinvasive disease.

Prior to the closing of the Vandenberg facility, orbiters were transported from the OPF to the VAB on their undercarriages, only to be raised when the orbiter was being lifted for attachment to the SRB / ET stack.

Prior to the establishment of the missions, the native peoples knew only how to utilize bone, seashells, stone, and wood for building, tool making, weapons, and so forth.

Prior to the establishment of the missions, the native peoples knew only how to utilize bone, seashells, bush, and wood for building, tool making, weapons, and so forth.

Prior to the invasion, Wolfowitz actively championed it, as he later stated: " For reasons that have a lot to do with the U. S. government bureaucracy we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on which was weapons of mass destruction as the core reason "

Prior to the introduction of Schräge Musik in 1943, the Nachtjagdgeschwadern ( NJG, night fighter wings ) were simply equipped with heavy fighters fitted with radar in the nose and a combination of front-firing and defensive weapons.

Prior to the war in Iraq, the President and his advisors repeatedly claimed that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that jeopardized the security of the United States.

Prior to the 1970s the air forces had been seen primarily as delivery mechanisms for tactical nuclear weapons, or for attacks on enemy air forces.

: 1: Prior to about 1900, the term for a variety of explosive devices designed for use in water, including mines, spar torpedoes and, after the mid-19th century, " automotive ," " automobile ," " locomotive ," or " fish " torpedoes ( self-propelled weapons which fit the modern definition of " torpedo ").

Prior to about 1890, naval weapons were used only against surface shipping.

Prior to 1997, South Korea was strongly suspected of possessing an active chemical weapons program, and was identified as a " probable " chemical weapons possessor by the United States.

Prior to the late 19th century, firearms were often cumbersome muskets: muzzle-loading, smooth-bore, single shot weapons with flint-lock mechanisms.

Prior to the call for revolution, members of the Nationalist Party had stored weapons in Canales ' house in Jayuya.

In, a Prior generates a force-field that uses the energy of incoming weapons fire to expand.

Prior to and during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, Galil used its resources to help the war effort on the Israeli side by holding weapons in its barn.

Prior to beginning a campaign, the player can run through the basic training portion of the game, which will cover the use of weapons, as well being trained in the use of artillery and airstrikes, along with basic medical skills and squad maneuvers.

Prior to this event, lord Krishna also gets a boon from sage Durvasa that his entire body except his leg will be immune to all weapons.

Prior to this event, lord Krishna also gets a boon from sage Durvasa that his entire body except his leg will be immune to all weapons.