He said Mr. Smith's gun had one round in the chamber and one in the magazine.

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His gun had one round in the chamber and one in the magazine.

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On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner stopped short of promising his chamber would vote on gun legislation, saying he first has to see what gets sent over from the Senate.

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If one of these spent shells is in the chamber, racking the slide will, in a single fluid motion, eject the old shell out the side of the gun and push a fresh round into the chamber.

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With former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, seriously wounded in a 2011 shooting in her home state of Arizona in the House chamber along with families of other victims of gun violence, Obama continued his push for tighter firearms restrictions.

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So many gun accidents occur because guns almost never indicate whether a bullet is present in the chamber.

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The gun's magazine had been removed from the firearm, but one round remained in the chamber, police said.

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Hadiya's parents, Nate and Cleo, are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen Americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence.

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He likened the situation to a police officer putting a loaded gun to someone's head, pulling the trigger and then saying he hoped the bullet in the chamber wouldn't fire.

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