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The precursor to the loophole for firearms was the arrowslit, which is a narrow aperture in a fortification for an archer to launch arrows or an arbalist to launch crossbow bolts. The earliest use of the arrowslit was alleged to have been by Archimedes during the siege of Syracuse in 214–212 BC.
A loophole is an ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, such as a law or security, which can be used to circumvent or otherwise avoid the purpose, implied or explicitly stated, of the system. Originally, the word meant an arrowslit , a narrow vertical window in a wall through which an archer (or, later, gunman) could shoot.
Bush's position was that the gun show loophole should be closed by federal legislation since the gun show loophole was created by previous federal legislation. [ 2 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] President Bush ordered an investigation by the U.S. Departments of Health, Education, and Justice in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting in order to make ...
The White House said the president wants to end a carried interest tax break prized by Wall Street hedge funds and private equity firms.
Yet back in 2011, Warren Buffett argued for the need to close this loophole out of a sense of propriety since it allowed him to shrink his total tax bill to 17% of his taxable income—a lower ...
The 7-second loophole is founded on the relationship between hunger hormones and caffeine intake. According to advocates, drinking black coffee stimulates adrenaline and dopamine, curbing appetite.
The Zone of Death is the 50-square-mile (130 km 2) area in the Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park in which, as a result of a reported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a person may be able to theoretically avoid conviction for any major crime, up to and including murder.
There are variations of the coffee loophole for weight loss, but generally, it involves drinking a cup of black coffee with additives such as lemon, certain spices (e.g. cinnamon), or dietary ...