automatic pistol

Hovering above the scene, commandos in helicopters were poised with automatic rifles.
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Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On October 5, 2013, Wilson pointed a pistol at a postal clerk.
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He pointed a pistol at a grocery checkout woman and swiped whatever cash he could into his pockets before booking it.
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A call made to police beforehand described Rice as “a guy with a pistol” on a swing set, but said it was “probably fake.”
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After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
The next moment a pistol was fired at their head, and a deep groan shewed it had taken too true an aim.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
In the same way the technical form and mechanism of production were presumed to respond to an automatic stimulus.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
As you are doubtless aware, between civilians the small-sword, the rapier and the pistol are what are usually employed.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
This automatic suitable bass device does not interfere with the normal use of the stop-keys of the pedal department by hand.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller

Origin of automatic pistol