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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
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Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.
—Mike Corder, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax.
—oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
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Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.
—Mike Corder, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
Among the guns seized from Cleveland’s home was a Glock Model 19, 9mm fully-automatic machine pistol with what’s called a drum magazine, according to Sax.
—oregonlive.com, 11 July 2019
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“Machine pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machine%20pistol. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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