firearms

Example Sentences

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Rutledge was sentenced to six months suspended for two years and banned from keeping firearms for eight years.

From BBC • 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

The firearms are described as a Mossberg 12-gauge, pump-action shotgun and a Rock Island Armory 1911 .38-caliber pistol.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"It appears he purchased these firearms in the past couple years."

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Only the tremendous surprise created by the Spaniards' firearms provided the opportunity to escape.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann