firearm

Example Sentences

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Police said earlier that Van Rootselaar had a firearm license that expired in 2024.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Indeed, it is difficult to think of any place outside the tribal areas of Afghanistan or Waziristan where the firearm is such a cultural totem.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Officers were called to Exposition Park at 9:36 a.m. following reports that a man was in a parking lot with a firearm, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Cervantes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

Across Minneapolis, many people haven’t been surprised he had a firearm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Many shunned him; a few nodded, and handed him their weapons; he rubbed the unguent on the stock and muzzle, all the while whispering to the firearm coaxingly in some unknown tongue.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson