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Investigators found 14 pistols, five rifles and a rocket launcher in those black and yellow crates.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025 -
The defense argued that Relli initiated the altercation and Rocky's behavior was in self-defense, adding that the rapper's pistol was taken from a music video set and only fired blanks.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Rocky's latest appointment comes after he was acquitted by a jury over two charges of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm — as he was accused of firing a semi-automatic handgun at former friend A$AP Relli in November 2021.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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He was armed with a black handgun and was last seen wearing a black face covering, black hoodie and black jeans.—
Jason Green,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Inside the package inside the wall, police investigators found a .22-caliber American Arms revolver, 10 .22-caliber cartridges, a razor blade, three handcuff keys and a special bit that could unscrew metal fasteners inside the jail.—
Keith Sharon,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hutchins died on the set of Rust on Oct. 21, 2021 after a prop revolver went off while Baldwin, the film’s star and producer, was positioning it for a scene.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2025
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The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The district office at the Folsom Cordova Unified School District went on lockdown Friday after school officials noticed a person holding what appeared to be a rifle, but the lockdown was lifted after law enforcement found no evidence of a crime, authorities said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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In a sometimes vivid and sometimes dense press conference in downtown LA, Nathan Hochman revealed his office is opposing efforts by the siblings to have their life sentences for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents challenged and given new trials.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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In an exclusive interview, Jenna Dewan gave Us an update on planning her wedding to fiancé Steve Kazee — which might become a shotgun affair.—
Meredith Nardino,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Broncos’ most successful regular season since Peyton Manning hung up his six-shooter ended with a historic, and emphatic laugher.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
5 Jan. 2025
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On the mound, hitters flailed at his sidearm stuff.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Palmquist is adept at pitching inside and a near sidearm slot makes his delivery challenging.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Self-loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loader. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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