firearm
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firearms
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The San Diego Police Department also will conduct an administrative review of the officer’s discharge of the firearm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Last fall in Baltimore County, Maryland, a detection system decided a teenager named Taki Allen was holding a firearm.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Finally, amid growing distrust of the police and the government, firearm sales began to increase during 2015 and 2016, setting an all-time record in 2020.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
In this tale, a 9-year-old girl named Ildr, who has recently lost her mother to a plague, encounters a stranger bearing extraordinary inventions such as eyeglasses and a firearm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He will not be permitted to enlist in the military, or possess a firearm, or obtain a federal security clearance.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Jurors were also informed that Walters’ partial fingerprint was found on the white Spencer’s bag holding the cache of stolen firearms that Oxford turned over to police.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
They also failed to identify and seize his firearms after he lost his licence around the same time, the report said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has signed a decree which eases restrictions on people carrying legal firearms in public.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The regulation is expected to spur a surge in applications from people whose convictions automatically barred them from owning firearms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As it shuffled toward Marina, that extra training with firearms came to her rescue.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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