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Noun
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According to court records, multiple semi-automatic pistol shell casings were found at the scene.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026 -
Police sources said the victim had confronted the gunman about speaking too loudly on a phone, when the male teen pulled a pistol and shot him.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Dressed for the occasion — and very comfortable with a semiautomatic.—
Michael Ruiz , Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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For those who prefer the hands-on experience of making their own espresso, a semiautomatic keeps you in control.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He was armed with a handgun, police said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Genco went so far as to buy a bulletproof vest and a skull mask, a rifle and handgun magazines.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
Noun
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About three months into the search, Chavez’s landlady found Jimmy’s bookbag and a revolver handgun belonging to her inside Chavez’s trailer.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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Later audio analysis from that night noted as many as 13 shots—even though Sirhan’s revolver could only hold eight rounds.—
Sophia Zhang,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Jennings later removed a rifle from his gun safe and opened fire inside the home, prompting his family to flee and report the incident to law enforcement, court documents say.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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After questioning witnesses, detectives determined Williams had gotten into a domestic dispute with another person who was with Taylor, and Williams pulled out a semiautomatic rifle and fired multiple shots, shooting Taylor in the back.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Sarhan and his colleagues cultured live yeast from the samples, but their shotgun metagenomics results also revealed a bunch of short fragments of DNA, most bearing the kind of damage that happens when DNA molecules break down over time.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2026
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And in that moment, somewhere between the bench and the hospital, another Hurricane rode shotgun in an unmarked police car (silver Mustang, lights on) speeding toward the delivery room for the birth of his own son.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
Noun
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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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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The six months Tran received for pleading guilty to larceny of a firearm, misleading law enforcement in a criminal investigation, and filing an application for a license to carry containing false information were served concurrently with the federal charges.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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The mayor's office stated that, as of May 30, 2026, the Baltimore Police Department officers have seized over 850 firearms this year.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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“Self-loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loader. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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