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Recent Examples of handgun
The decision means the minimum age of 21 to purchase a handgun will remain in effect, at least for now.
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Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Occhicone appeared to leave, only to return a brief time later armed with a handgun.
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Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
That was when Lake County Deputy Sheriff Gary Murphy was shot and killed after responding to a report of a woman firing a handgun outside of her home on June 15, 1976.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The state allows for open or concealed carry, but any handgun carried in public view must be in a holster.
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Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
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Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 June 2026
Occhicone appeared to leave, only to return a brief time later armed with a handgun.
—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
That was when Lake County Deputy Sheriff Gary Murphy was shot and killed after responding to a report of a woman firing a handgun outside of her home on June 15, 1976.
—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The state allows for open or concealed carry, but any handgun carried in public view must be in a holster.
—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handgun
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The man initially refused but signed after Pooh Shiesty allegedly pointed an AK-style pistol his head.
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Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
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He has been charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm.
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Law enforcement later searched two locations in connection with the investigation into Hidrogo including a storage facility in Fort Worth where officers found 244 kilograms of meth with a purity level of 100 percent and more firearms.
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My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
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Knoxville, who was writing an article that led him to test self-defense equipment by using various weapons on himself, fires a revolver at his own chest from point-blank range while wearing a bulletproof vest.
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Officials said the gun violence took place from May 2025 to late April 2026 in a swath of the South Bronx.
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The man had a gun and refused to drop it when ordered to by police, the sheriff said.
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
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The Indians scored their would-be final goal in the third on a shot from Emery Simmons on a sidearm shot past Bishops’ midfielder Izzy Grundig.
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Perhaps Edwards will have his sidearm in tow for next year’s playoff run.
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handgun. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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