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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
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.
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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
These findings have prompted the development of interventions designed to create time and space between an individual’s suicidal impulse and access to firearms, allowing acute urges to subside.
—Russell Lemle, Mercury News, 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
Tekashi 6ix9ine was accompanied by streamer Adin Ross when surrendering to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon to begin his three-month jail sentence for probation violations following his plea deal in the federal racketeering and firearms case.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
According to King County, firearms are used in domestic violence homicides more than all other weapons combined in Washington state.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
He is charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and having firearms that would be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Detectives believe at least three weapons were involved, and at least two firearms were located, one belonging to a security guard and one found on a man being treated at the hospital.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 10 Nov. 2025
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
These findings have prompted the development of interventions designed to create time and space between an individual’s suicidal impulse and access to firearms, allowing acute urges to subside.
—Russell Lemle, Mercury News, 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
Tekashi 6ix9ine was accompanied by streamer Adin Ross when surrendering to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon to begin his three-month jail sentence for probation violations following his plea deal in the federal racketeering and firearms case.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
According to King County, firearms are used in domestic violence homicides more than all other weapons combined in Washington state.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
He is charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and having firearms that would be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Detectives believe at least three weapons were involved, and at least two firearms were located, one belonging to a security guard and one found on a man being treated at the hospital.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for firearms
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This myopia dates back almost to the moment when the guns fell silent and the peace treaty was signed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Both cases are apt to serve as models for how to prevent the kind of school shootings still plaguing the nation and could set legal precedent for who shoulders the blame when children have access to guns and open fire on campus.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Firearms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firearms. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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