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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
Changes announced by Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, also include a ban on members of the public carrying firearms in the Senate Gallery.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
Policing experts said that when officers are trying to arrest people found to have firearms, they are taught to alert their fellow officers and then draw their own guns and order the people to drop theirs or to try to disarm them.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Internal Affairs investigators sustained five of the complaints, finding sufficient evidence that Kirchberg violated department policies involving suspect pursuits, firearms handling and vehicle operation.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Federal prosecutors there indicted Venezuelan nationals accused of participating in organized robberies, kidnappings, extortion schemes and firearms offenses tied to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
McDonnell said the efforts of authorities resulted in the seizure of more than 2,300 kilograms of cocaine, 44 kilograms of methamphetamine, 44 kilograms of fentanyl, eight firearms and more than $55 million in illicit assets.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
But some tribes in the Pacific Northwest have been discussing using firearms to harvest sea lions and other pinnipeds for subsistence, as Alaskan Natives do, Cecilia Gobin, a conservation-policy analyst at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
Policing experts said that when officers are trying to arrest people found to have firearms, they are taught to alert their fellow officers and then draw their own guns and order the people to drop theirs or to try to disarm them.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Internal Affairs investigators sustained five of the complaints, finding sufficient evidence that Kirchberg violated department policies involving suspect pursuits, firearms handling and vehicle operation.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Federal prosecutors there indicted Venezuelan nationals accused of participating in organized robberies, kidnappings, extortion schemes and firearms offenses tied to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
McDonnell said the efforts of authorities resulted in the seizure of more than 2,300 kilograms of cocaine, 44 kilograms of methamphetamine, 44 kilograms of fentanyl, eight firearms and more than $55 million in illicit assets.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The container had 18 rifles, five handguns, firearms magazines, over 36,000 rounds of ammunition and a silencer that had been shipped from Miami.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
But some tribes in the Pacific Northwest have been discussing using firearms to harvest sea lions and other pinnipeds for subsistence, as Alaskan Natives do, Cecilia Gobin, a conservation-policy analyst at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firearms
guns
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In a game where the ‘Hawks might try to slow things down with the running game, Stafford will come out guns blazing and dare Seattle to keep up.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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By the later rounds, the blue states had launched a tax boycott, worked to win over the military, embraced the Oregon sheriff as a champion of liberty, and abandoned the long-standing liberal aversion to guns.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Firearms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firearms. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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