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Recent Examples of handgun
According to the complaint, video footage from a nearby convenience store showed Cullen in the shop appearing agitated and holding a handgun.
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Body camera footage shows a handgun on the ground immediately after Murdock was shot; the view of what happened between him and the officers is not visible on video.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
The investigation into how Roberts obtained the handgun is being referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors said detectives found the Sub Compact 9mm handgun inside the satchel, which matches the caliber and bullet casing found at the scene of the shooting, adding that an empty magazine was found inside the handgun.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Body camera footage shows a handgun on the ground immediately after Murdock was shot; the view of what happened between him and the officers is not visible on video.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
The investigation into how Roberts obtained the handgun is being referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors said detectives found the Sub Compact 9mm handgun inside the satchel, which matches the caliber and bullet casing found at the scene of the shooting, adding that an empty magazine was found inside the handgun.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
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New Zealand has strict gun laws, which require an additional permit for possessing pistols specifically.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Police said the investigation uncovered a series of videos, alleged to have been taken in Milpitas by the suspect or an acquaintance, showing a person repeatedly firing an semiautomatic pistol into the air and at a wall.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office has charged Hernandez Santana with firing a gun into an inhabited building and assault with a semi-automatic firearm.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Fields slept at downtown bus stops, often gathering with groups or pretending to have a firearm in her coat to stay safe.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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That’s when, police believe, Flores allegedly went back inside, grabbed a revolver and fired toward the man, per the outlets.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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While police have not mentioned a revolver being used in the shooting at Annunciation, the sight shook the store workers with years of experience who took pride in going the extra mile to make sure their guns didn’t fall into the wrong hands.—
Taylor Galgano,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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He was charged with a gun crime in connection with an anti-KKK riot in Durham, North Carolina.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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According to the complaint, Cullen matched the description of the person firing the gun, and he was taken into custody.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
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Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
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Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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The deputy drew his 9mm sidearm and the detective fired at Ruth with his own AR-style rifle.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Herbert ran to his right on the Kansas City 23-yard line and slung a sidearm pass to Johnston for his second touchdown of the game.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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