handgun

Example Sentences

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Pretti was armed at the time of the encounter with a legally owned handgun, according to state and federal officials.

From Salon

Still, she perked up last year when she looked around his living room and saw a holstered handgun on a shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agents wore balaclavas partially covering their faces, he says, and some carried rifles while others had handguns in their holsters.

From BBC

But according to videos taken on the scene, Pretti was holding a phone, not a handgun, when he stepped in front of a federal agent who had shoved a woman to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

The patrolmen are equipped with rifles and handguns, to be used as a last resort against angry polar bears and musk ox.

From Barron's