rifle
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Images of the weapons found in the house were shown to the court, including an air rifle, which was stored in a wooden box and included a self-contained gas cartridge.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
The Florida woman who allegedly raked Rihanna’s West L.A. home with rifle fire earlier this year may be mentally unfit to stand trial, her attorney said in court Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
WSJ: Ruger has built its brand identity on being an American gun company—made here, sold here, the first rifle a lot of kids in America ever touch.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Two months later, a Secret Service agent shot at a gunman pointing a rifle on Trump’s golf course as the president golfed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
When the jaguar swam across alligator-infested lagoons, Roosevelt swam after it, holding his rifle over his head.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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