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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
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Some firearms were mounted on the walls, fully accessible, while others were spread around the home, unsecured, the sheriff’s office said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The new rule and the announcement that USCIS officers can carry firearms are the most recent steps to transform the agency into a different entity, away from one founded to adjudicate benefit applications and provide services to the public.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Driving a car, researchers have found, poses a greater safety risk than public transit due to both accident fatalities and roadway crime such as vehicle theft and road rage incidents that involve firearms.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The county attorney’s office opposed Gooden’s petition to the court in 2020 to restore his firearms rights and a judge did not restore them.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
In addition, several firearms and drugs were seized from other residences, according to police.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025
San Diego County has gone after other industries in recent years, including opioid manufacturers and the maker of a milling machine the county argues can be used to make unregistered firearms known as ghost guns.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Police wrote that one or two other people were carrying firearms and were asked to leave the school grounds, but those people did not insert themselves into the incident like Keller did.
—Alexandra Duggan, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Some firearms were mounted on the walls, fully accessible, while others were spread around the home, unsecured, the sheriff’s office said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
The new rule and the announcement that USCIS officers can carry firearms are the most recent steps to transform the agency into a different entity, away from one founded to adjudicate benefit applications and provide services to the public.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Driving a car, researchers have found, poses a greater safety risk than public transit due to both accident fatalities and roadway crime such as vehicle theft and road rage incidents that involve firearms.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
The county attorney’s office opposed Gooden’s petition to the court in 2020 to restore his firearms rights and a judge did not restore them.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
In addition, several firearms and drugs were seized from other residences, according to police.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025
San Diego County has gone after other industries in recent years, including opioid manufacturers and the maker of a milling machine the county argues can be used to make unregistered firearms known as ghost guns.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Police wrote that one or two other people were carrying firearms and were asked to leave the school grounds, but those people did not insert themselves into the incident like Keller did.
—Alexandra Duggan, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firearms
guns
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And in Utah, where Kirk was murdered, lawmakers recently changed the law to clarify that people can openly carry guns on college campuses, including students as young as 18 years old.—
John Feinblatt,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The American electorate has made its views on guns clear again and again.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Firearms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firearms. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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