zip gun

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Recent Examples of zip gun The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun. cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
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Noun
  • Macias fired the first shot at Sweet with a 9mm pistol because Macias said that Sweet ran over his foot, Burnette told the detectives.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
  • During that year, the .45-caliber pistol, which went missing from the Gresham District police station, was used in at least three crimes, Illinois Answers and the Sun-Times found.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The crew also stole at least three handguns during the spree, authorities said.
    Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 16 May 2025
  • The detective alleged Cross’ handgun was likely modified with a switch to fire 15 bullets in one second.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Three Indian army officials said that Pakistani soldiers used small arms to fire at an Indian position in Kashmir late Thursday.
    Time, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of a small arm within the State Department aimed at countering foreign disinformation campaigns, which Republicans increasingly criticized as silencing conservative voices online.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Gutierrez-Reed, who was 24 at the time and an inexperienced armorer, was supposed to load the revolver that Baldwin was holding with dummy rounds.
    Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • The bill would cover anyone convicted of those misdemeanors in another state during the past eight years; they would now be blocked from getting a pistol or revolver permit, lawmakers said.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Clyde cited taxes on firearm purchases as part of his reasoning.
    Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
  • Police also found firearms at the scene, Vega said, adding that witnesses will be brought to the police station to be interviewed.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Surveillance cameras showed Floren threatening that caller inside the bar before going outside and hiding his gun between a trash can and a pillar, according to Merriweather’s letter.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
  • Hiaasen’s humor remains sharp and outlandish, but some of the darker currents of contemporary American life—the guns, the anger, the conspiracy theories—have become painfully personal.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.
    Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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