handgun
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So he hopped on his bicycle—with his handgun, which was “older than the state of Israel,” a gift from Ms. Bar Sinai’s uncle—and pedaled in the direction of the daughter’s house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It seems fair to say that the average American who wants to keep a handgun at home did not sign up for unpermitted open carry of an AR-15 at the zoo.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
In May, the judge decided to exclude certain items of evidence, including a handgun magazine, a phone and a wallet, after Mangione's lawyers argued an initial police search breached procedure.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
A handgun was recovered at the apartment and will undergo forensic analysis alongside DNA and other evidence collected at the scene, Bland said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
The only items the commander was interested in were the wings on his back and the multiphase, water-cooled, tri-barreled blaster strapped to his hip—the most powerful production handgun under the world.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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After a tipoff, intelligence services and police found two handguns and ammunition stashed in a hideout in the forest, Dobrindt said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Public support for a total ban on handguns in the home had plummeted.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
In 2015, he knocked his colleagues’ failure to hear a challenge to a San Francisco rule requiring that handguns be stored in locked containers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
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