firearms

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Such cases get attention and send a message that carelessness with firearms is serious business.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The authorities also seized dozens of firearms and ammunition, devices for communicating in Morse code, drones, maps and bottles of fine wine and whiskey.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Kapri had been serving a 46-month sentence for lying on background-check paperwork related to firearms purchases in 2019, with a separate one-year term for gun possession running concurrently.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

A man accused of assaulting a firearms officer at Manchester Airport has told a jury he thought he was "going to die" when his head was pushed to the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

You remember the image: a menacing, glistening heap of firearms surrounded by the mayor, the police chief, the neighborhood activists.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt