handgun
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Marx claims to be the world’s fastest gun disarmer, a skill that seems to require an assailant to stick a handgun directly in your face rather than shoot you from a few feet away.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The matchlock wasn’t the only kind of handgun in use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The child, who was not charged with any wrongdoing, told police he obtained the firearm by mounting a drawer to reach his mother's handbag on top of a dresser, where the handgun was kept.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The New York state judge did exclude certain items from an initial search carried out at the time of the defendant's arrest on December 9, 2024, including a handgun magazine, a phone and a wallet.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
His handgun is black; it seems to draw all the light in the room toward it.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The first - from the start of November - covers types of handguns, shotguns and rifles.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Public support for a total ban on handguns in the home had plummeted.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Smith & Wesson Brands soared 20% after reporting a higher fourth-quarter profit as demand for new products and handguns surged.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
“For nearly a century, the United States Postal Service has arbitrarily blocked handguns from being mailed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
There were four of them—all white, all wearing jeans and sweatshirts and baseball caps and bulletproof vests, and all carrying police-issue 9-millimeter semiautomatic handguns.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
