firearms

Example Sentences

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In the early hours of the next morning, specialist firearms officers arrested Natland in Room 207 at the Briar Court Hotel.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

In the end, some 125 took the offer, threatening to overburden a corps already struggling to inspect even a sliver of the nation’s 130,000 licensed firearms dealers.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

“They lack the authority to detain or arrest suspects, intervene in crimes in progress, conduct searches, or carry firearms for enforcement purposes,” according to a May 21 report from the city agency.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Rutledge was sentenced to six months suspended for two years and banned from keeping firearms for eight years.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago