firearm
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Police have said they recovered a firearm at the scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The report also criticised various agencies involved for "often minimising" concerns raised by the children's mother, which include concerns around firearm safety, "as being part of a parenting dispute".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Tall, powerfully built and eloquent, he quoted scripture as competently as he wielded a firearm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
So many states had repealed so many firearm regulations that the District of Columbia’s stringent handgun ban looked like a true outlier.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
He will not be permitted to enlist in the military, or possess a firearm, or obtain a federal security clearance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
A lot of the sports that you practice, whether that be hog hunting, coyote hunting, or just hunting, they’re associated with firearms.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
They also failed to identify and seize his firearms after he lost his licence around the same time, the report said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
To prevent a particularly serious accident or disaster, the armed forces may also use conventional firearms, among other means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has signed a decree which eases restrictions on people carrying legal firearms in public.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
You remember the image: a menacing, glistening heap of firearms surrounded by the mayor, the police chief, the neighborhood activists.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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