sawed-off

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Conservationists also debate what to do with the sawed-off rhino horns.

From Salon

Investigators found a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence during a search of Hale’s home.

From Seattle Times

Police said a search of Hale’s home turned up a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence.

From Seattle Times

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, challenges the move to treat the guns like short-barreled rifles, a weapon like a sawed-off shotgun that has been heavily regulated since the 1930s.

From Seattle Times

“In the days of Al Capone, Congress said back then that short-barreled rifles and sawed-off shotguns should be subjected to greater legal requirements than most other guns,” the director of the A.T.F.,

From New York Times