firearm
Example Sentences
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A resident mistook the toy for a real firearm and called police to report an armed person, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Officers searching the house in Hyde Park, where Mugabe was staying, have found bullet cartridges but no firearm, police have said.
From BBC
Now the world’s oldest firearms business is taking aim at one of its biggest American rivals.
Currently in Scotland guns are only issued to around 500 authorised firearms officers and the vast majority of police do not have firearms training.
From BBC
Police said separate footage from October showed the father and son "conducting firearms training in a countryside location", believed to be in New South Wales.
From BBC
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