air gun

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John Dingell was comfortable with firearms at an early age: When not blasting ducks with a shotgun, he was plinking rats with an air gun in the basement of the U.S.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2023

He also admitted to buying an air gun for "self-defence" due to the fear of being attacked.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

Medvedev will plead guilty to the charge of carrying an air gun, his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes said, and not guilty to some of the other charges, without specifying which.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

He once saw Cruz running around the house with an air gun, his limbs flailing wildly - a move he demonstrated for the jury.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022

A simple example of air pressure is the air gun, called in the seventeenth century ‘the wind-gun’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton