firearm
Example Sentences
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Across Minneapolis, many people haven’t been surprised he had a firearm.
US District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed two of the four federal charges against the 27 year old, including murder through use of a firearm, which carried the potential death sentence.
From BBC
After the shooting, an agent “advised he had possession of Pretti’s firearm,” which he later put in his vehicle, according to the report.
Officers are trained to not stand in front of or reach into moving vehicles, to never pull their firearms unless it is absolutely necessary, and to use force only in proportion to a corresponding threat.
From Los Angeles Times
The report says a Border Patrol agent after the shooting said he had Pretti's gun and "subsequently cleared and secured Pretti's firearm in his vehicle."
From Barron's
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