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handgun
noun as in gun
noun as in pistol
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noun as in Saturday night special
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Reid previously faced a jail sentence of up to 23 months for his role in a 2007 road rage incident in which he allegedly wielded a handgun.
Police said the man had a holstered handgun and ammunition in his vehicle.
At some point, Ocran “displayed a handgun” and was shot by at least one of the officers, according to Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka.
Some participants were dressed in fatigues and carried semi-automatic rifles, handguns or tactical equipment.
Gaithersburg Police Chief Mark Sroka said Friday night that the man being pursued “displayed a handgun” near an apartment complex.
In states that require a background check for every handgun sale, 38 percent fewer women are shot to death by intimate partners.
He qualified as “sharpshooter” on the M1911A1-45 ACP handgun in 1994.
He swaggered into the school cafeteria that day with a .22 caliber handgun and started shooting randomly.
When the only option for carrying a handgun is to carry concealed, it unfairly discriminates against women and professionals.
At 1:52 pm, Platt received a phone call informing him that a handgun had been used in the killing of German.
It's difficult to fire a handgun accurately while in motion.
He reached inside his blouse and took out a fully loaded handgun.
But if you have ever fired a handgun, you don't even think about recoil.
He pointed at the little handgun he was still holding in his hand.
A beef-faced squire on a pirouetting horse loosed off his gun at Revel, who snatched a handgun from his belt and fired back.
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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to handgun, such as: musket, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, and weapon.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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