Assertion: colt's pistol | /r/HasProperty | automatic
Facets:
value: preferably
type: DEGREE
value: in operation
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Following the 1904 Thompson-LaGarde pistol round effectiveness tests, Colonel John T. Thompson stated that the new pistol "should not be of less than .45 caliber" and would preferably be semi-automatic in operation.