long gun
noun
plural long guns
: a firearm having a long barrel and intended to be fired from the shoulder
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The shooter used as many as three guns, including a handgun and at least one long gun, Schierbaum said.
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
One of the older children got ahold of a long gun that was located in the back of the vehicle and accidentally shot the infant, McManus said.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Federal law similarly sets the minimum age to possess a handgun at 18 but has no restriction for possessing long guns.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Other images show men with long guns, wearing balaclavas, moving through neighborhoods on foot, and of armed plainclothes men shoving people into S.U.V.s, and whisking them away.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
One of the older children got ahold of a long gun that was located in the back of the vehicle and accidentally shot the infant, McManus said.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Federal law similarly sets the minimum age to possess a handgun at 18 but has no restriction for possessing long guns.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
Other images show men with long guns, wearing balaclavas, moving through neighborhoods on foot, and of armed plainclothes men shoving people into S.U.V.s, and whisking them away.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Long gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gun. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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