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a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
will need a permit to carry a firearm
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Recent Examples of firearms
At the time, a sheriff's deputy told Gray to lock up his firearms.
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Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The deadly mass shooting at a school in British Columbia came as Canadian authorities face significant obstacles in rolling out a nationwide firearms buyback that is mired in practical and logistical complications.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Equipped with firearms and wearing camouflage, Thompson then fatally shot four others -- including an off-duty city police officer -- in his neighborhood and along a greenway.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
The undertaking that started in October resulted in the recovery of 176 firearms in the state and vast amounts of drugs, including fentanyl and other substances, KTAL/KMSS reported.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Officers in the Real Time Crime Center could see surveillance footage of several people recklessly shooting firearms at that location and in the direction of a neighborhood.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
All five teens were removed from the vehicle, and multiple firearms were seized, along with marijuana found in a backpack, according to police.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Current owners can keep their firearms and sell them to dealers.
—Cindy Camp, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
The Department of Veterans Affairs has shown that access to firearms is associated with suicide, particularly for those with traumatic brain injury.
—Eleanor M. Perfetto, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The deadly mass shooting at a school in British Columbia came as Canadian authorities face significant obstacles in rolling out a nationwide firearms buyback that is mired in practical and logistical complications.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Equipped with firearms and wearing camouflage, Thompson then fatally shot four others -- including an off-duty city police officer -- in his neighborhood and along a greenway.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2026
The undertaking that started in October resulted in the recovery of 176 firearms in the state and vast amounts of drugs, including fentanyl and other substances, KTAL/KMSS reported.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Officers in the Real Time Crime Center could see surveillance footage of several people recklessly shooting firearms at that location and in the direction of a neighborhood.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2026
All five teens were removed from the vehicle, and multiple firearms were seized, along with marijuana found in a backpack, according to police.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Current owners can keep their firearms and sell them to dealers.
—Cindy Camp, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
The Department of Veterans Affairs has shown that access to firearms is associated with suicide, particularly for those with traumatic brain injury.
—Eleanor M. Perfetto, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firearms
guns
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Cellphone video recorded inside the school during the chaotic situation showed deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office sweeping the school with guns drawn.—
Morgan Rynor,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Speaking on the morning after the shootings, Mayor Brandon Johnson said police had made 18 arrests and recovered five guns while responding to the shootings.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Firearms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firearms. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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