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In 2019, the unintentional discharge of a Philadelphia transit officer’s holstered P320 prompted SEPTA, the city’s transit agency, to remove all of its P320 handguns from service and replace them with Glocks.
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Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Pike Township School District said in a statement that during an unrelated investigation, school administration found a handgun in a student's backpack.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
According to the criminal complaint, Miller and his girlfriend were walking in the 700 block of Thomas Avenue when a vehicle drove onto the sidewalk in front of them and two males got out carrying handguns.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
The two push through the police tape to see what's going on, only to see a handgun on the bathroom floor and blood.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
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Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
Pike Township School District said in a statement that during an unrelated investigation, school administration found a handgun in a student's backpack.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
According to the criminal complaint, Miller and his girlfriend were walking in the 700 block of Thomas Avenue when a vehicle drove onto the sidewalk in front of them and two males got out carrying handguns.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
The two push through the police tape to see what's going on, only to see a handgun on the bathroom floor and blood.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
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The switches, which can be purchased for less than $20 or created on a 3D printer, allow the pistols to fire up to 1,200 rounds per minute, according to Platkin.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Altoona police found the polymer pistol affixed with a metal slide and threaded barrel in Mangione’s backpack, according to the criminal complaint.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, firearms were the leading cause of death among children in both 2020 and 2021, per data from KFF, a nonprofit that provides research about health care issues.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is scheduled for his next court appearance Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing on firearms charges in Pennsylvania.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Hunter Biden was convicted of lying on a federal form about his drug use to purchase a revolver, submitting a false statement into a federal record, and unlawfully possessing the firearm for 11 days.Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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No witness at the trial testified to observing Biden using drugs in the days after purchasing the Colt Cobra revolver.Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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The authorities have not said that Mr. Mangione made the gun he was found with.Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Mangione was charged with forgery and gun charges during a court appearance in Pennsylvania late Monday.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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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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That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
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Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.EDWARD M. EVELD, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
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In the first quarter, while trailing 3-0, Williams dropped back to pass and tried to flick the ball up the field with a sidearm pass.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2024
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Driving the news: The Phillies simulated Mets' starting pitcher Sean Manaea's oddball, sidearm delivery during batting practice.Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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