pistol

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Then, less than four years ago, in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

A deactivated World War Two Luger Pistol and Sten submachine gun were both lost in June 2023.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

He was later ordered to undergo psychiatric testing and eventually transferred to a less desirable assignment that caused him to be separated from his police K-9 named Pistol, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

Pistol Pete played for LSU from 1967-70 and, like Woodard, in the era preceding the 3-point shot.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

We’d eat graveyard snow cones—lime, orange, grape, cherry mixed together—and pacos from the Crystal Pistol booth—seasoned beef in a cocoon of hot fry bread, the orange grease squirting and burning the insides of our cheeks.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth