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Recent Examples of zip gun
The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
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During the killing, the pistol jammed, but the gunman was able to clear the jam and kept firing before running off.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Battle as a Mandalorian Nite Owl, Mandalorian Warrior, and two Imperial Commandos, each with their own blaster pistols and jetpack elements.Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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He was released from custody, but the handgun was turned over to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Gun switches like what Robinson imported often turn handguns into the equivalent of automatic weapons — with the ability to rapidly empty a gun's magazine with a single trigger pull.David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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The ammunition appears to be AD-LER (Anti-Drone Long Effective Range) rounds developed by Swedish small arms ammunition manufacturer Norma for counter-FPV use.David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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This support has included attack helicopters, amphibious vehicles, tanks, and anti-tank missiles, as well as small arms and light weapons, according to UN sources as well as organizations such as Small Arms Survey and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).Aditi Gorur, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2016
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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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At the department's daily crime briefing, officials also are identifying offenders linked to firearm violence, including any domestic violence involving a gun, and automatically sending those names to the department's Special Investigations Division.Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Instead, two-thirds of these killings occur in the home, and most of these murders involve firearms.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 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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Authorities have said the gun and silencer are consistent with the firearm used in the shooting of Thompson.Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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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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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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“Zip gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zip%20gun. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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