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They were then directed to a safe house where a pistol with a silencer was waiting for them.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025 -
During a news conference Friday afternoon, St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry said the events began shortly after noon on Friday when a man pistol whipped someone and fired gunshots in a home in the 1500 block of Jessamine Lane.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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The stabbing rampage that took place Saturday, July 26, left 11 people injured before onlookers, one of them apparently armed with a handgun, subdued the suspect in the parking lot outside the store just before police arrived, police said.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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The robbers, who were both reportedly armed with handguns, stole the victim’s cellphone, wristwatch and an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing in a white 2017 Hyundai Elantra with the Connecticut license plate AZ09385, according to police.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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Authorities located the shooter’s vehicle nearby and subsequently discovered a rifle case, ammunition, magazines and a revolver – which was legally purchased on June 12 – stashed inside, Tisch said.—
Julia Bonavita , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
30 July 2025
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After finding out that Lee had won $114 at a greyhound track, Windom bought a .38-caliber revolver and ammunition.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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The state attorney general added that Brown used a rifle in the shooting, which investigators believe was his personal weapon.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Michael Paul Brown, 45, fled from The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, after allegedly committing the shooting using a rifle believed to be his personal weapon, according to authorities.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Aug. 2025
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And this slasher Santa Claus doesn't mess around, using an axe and a shotgun with deadly intention and also down for impaling people on deer antlers.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Before his arrest, Vang’s son went to the home and secured a shotgun and two rifles.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
22 July 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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This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
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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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Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The worshipers insisted on congregating to pray at the crucifix in the local church and threatened to shoot with an arquebus – a long gun used during the Renaissance period – anyone who got in their way.—
Hannah Marcus,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2020
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“Self-loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loader. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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