firearms

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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

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was also charged with two firearms offences when he appeared in court in Washington DC on Monday.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 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