firearm
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firearms
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The main suspect was then arrested, with police seizing a firearm, judicial sash and identity cards bearing his fake judicial title, the paper said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
Aguilar, who had a permit to carry a concealed firearm, drew his gun, Flores testified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 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
A careful and cautious man who picked his shots, never drank while carrying a firearm, and always stayed in shape, Kyril Montana thoroughly enjoyed the outdoors with or without a gun.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
He said the former cop was not with Knight and ordered his security team not to carry firearms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Miller said that day he had approached a deputy ahead of the checkpoint and told that deputy he had two firearms in his vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation -- roughly one for every seven inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Anthony "Tony" Jones, 56, from Brecon suffered life-threatening injuries in an incident to which Gwent Police firearms officers were called in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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