Live by the gun, die by the gun

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Across
  1. 1. any practice or exercise, for emergencies
  2. 3. offering security from danger
  3. 7. The act of making or creating laws
  4. 8. ready to fire a gun at the least provocation
  5. 11. to control or direct by a rule, principle
  6. 12. that can be avoided or prevented
  7. 14. to make unlawful or illegal
  8. 15. a receptacle on a gun for holding cartridges
  9. 16. emotional (subject)
  10. 17. subject to debate
Down
  1. 2. keeping to or obeying the law
  2. 4. capable of absorbing or reducing the impact of a bullet
  3. 5. fired close to the target
  4. 6. a frame holding cartridges
  5. 9. a revolver or a pistol
  6. 10. to keep from occurring
  7. 12. fired or detonated material used in combat
  8. 13. a brutal or violent killing