How to Use firearm in a Sentence

firearm

noun

• Over 5,800 firearms have been taken off the city's streets so far this year.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• But that doesn't extend to firearms, even at the state level.
  — CBS News, 9 July 2023
• Antifa found it and someone got killed with the firearm in his name.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2022
• Cody Hunley, 36, is charged with theft in office and theft of a firearm, both felonies.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2022
• These are among the items that cannot be brought into the event: Real and replica firearms.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2023
• That tracks with recent years past, where firearms were used in about 90% of homicides.
  — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
• The 12-year-old was seen holding a firearm in the video, according to police.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
• The passenger admitted that there was a firearm in the car.
  — cleveland, 8 Oct. 2022
• And it’s not the first time safety concerns have been raised about the model of firearm in question — the Sig Sauer P320.
  — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
• He was raided by the FBI in 2021 and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• Inside the vehicle were drugs, a firearm and the fire hydrant.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2023
• Around 2 in 3 gun deaths in this age group were from playing with the firearm or showing it off to others.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
• As officers sped to the scene, the drone flew overhead and at first appeared to confirm the man had a firearm.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 5 July 2023
• Police said a man armed with a black firearm entered the store and confronted the store clerk.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 9 Oct. 2022
• Since 2020 he’s been charged three times with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
• He was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• At least one officer ran past the firearm but didn’t seem to notice it, video shows.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2024
• Stun guns have long been hailed as a less-lethal alternative to a firearm.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
• Bell had a firearm at the time of his arrest, according to police.
  — Michael Moore Jr., Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
• Two counts of murder and one charge of deadly conduct/discharge of firearm were dropped as a part of the deal for his plea.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
• Bagley is also facing charges of felony discharge of a firearm.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022
• The man wasn’t allowed to carry a firearm due to his past felony convictions.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
• The suspect pointed some kind of firearm at them and took some of their belongings.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2024
• Speed was charged with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
  — Cesar G Rodriguez, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
• One of the first principles of firearm ownership is to know where your firearm is at all times.
  — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
• Instead, two-thirds of these killings occur in the home, and most of these murders involve firearms.
  — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
• The gun used by the man was found at his feet, and it was later revealed to be a replica firearm, Reeson said.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
• Officers were dispatched to the area on a report of a person with a firearm.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 4 Oct. 2022
• The city of Phoenix, Arizona, is planning to send roughly 600 unclaimed firearms to Ukraine.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 10 July 2023
• The suspect then brandished a firearm and fired upon the officer, police said.
  — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2025