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The 2015 order was part of a nationwide reckoning over realistic-looking toy guns in the wake of the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was killed by police in November 2014 while holding a pellet gun.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 27 May 2025
There, live on his phone, was his son lying in the grass as a woman clutching a long pellet gun screamed, accusing the 15-year-old athlete and his 13-year-old friend of trespassing in back yards of a residential area in Melbourne, Florida.
—J.d. Gallop, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Her husband, who says his wife is disabled, can be seen on the video walking up and taking the pellet gun away from her.
—J.d. Gallop, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun; police released a photo of the pellet gun in their statement following the shooting.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 2 Apr. 2025
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 27 May 2025
There, live on his phone, was his son lying in the grass as a woman clutching a long pellet gun screamed, accusing the 15-year-old athlete and his 13-year-old friend of trespassing in back yards of a residential area in Melbourne, Florida.
—J.d. Gallop, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Her husband, who says his wife is disabled, can be seen on the video walking up and taking the pellet gun away from her.
—J.d. Gallop, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun; police released a photo of the pellet gun in their statement following the shooting.
—Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pellet gun
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“Pellet gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pellet%20gun. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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