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Recent Examples of handgun
Police are investigating the online footprint of the 15-year-old girl who allegedly opened fire with a handgun at her Madison, Wisconsin, Christian school, killing a teacher and another student.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
He is accused of fatally shooting Thompson with a 9 mm handgun equipped with a silencer on Dec. 4 outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Police recovered the handgun that was used in the shooting and said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was working with them to learn how the shooter may have acquired the weapon.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The affidavit also said the handgun was loaded with a full 16-round magazine, and an extra round in the chamber.
—Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
He is accused of fatally shooting Thompson with a 9 mm handgun equipped with a silencer on Dec. 4 outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Police recovered the handgun that was used in the shooting and said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was working with them to learn how the shooter may have acquired the weapon.
—Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The affidavit also said the handgun was loaded with a full 16-round magazine, and an extra round in the chamber.
—Jamel Valencia, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
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The switches, which can be purchased for less than $20 or created on a 3D printer, allow the pistols to fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute, according to Platkin.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Altoona police found the polymer pistol affixed with a metal slide and threaded barrel in Mangione’s backpack, according to the criminal complaint.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, firearms were the leading cause of death among children in both 2020 and 2021, per data from KFF, a nonprofit that provides research about health care issues.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is scheduled for his next court appearance Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing on firearms charges in Pennsylvania.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Hunter Biden was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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No witness at the trial testified to observing Biden using drugs in the days after purchasing the Colt Cobra revolver.Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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The authorities have not said that Mr. Mangione made the gun he was found with.Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mangione was charged with forgery and gun charges during a court appearance in Pennsylvania late Monday.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
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That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
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Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.EDWARD M. EVELD, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
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In the first quarter, while trailing 3-0, Williams dropped back to pass and tried to flick the ball up the field with a sidearm pass.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2024
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Driving the news: The Phillies simulated Mets' starting pitcher Sean Manaea's oddball, sidearm delivery during batting practice.Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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