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Investigators also found eight 9 mm casings fired from a Glock pistol at the scene where Holmes was killed, according to the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2026
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At issue is whether the police search of Mangione's backpack was legal as officers went on to find a pistol, silencer and notebook inside.—
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Dressed for the occasion — and very comfortable with a semiautomatic.—
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For those who prefer the hands-on experience of making their own espresso, a semiautomatic keeps you in control.—
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The relative saw Turner begin to walk away from London, but London pulled out a handgun and shot Turner in the back.—
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Two guards got out of the vehicle and one fired three rounds from a handgun into the man's engine.—
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Garcia yelled gang slogans and fired the revolver, shooting one of the men in his face and left arm, the release said.—
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The gun charges stemmed from Hunter Biden’s 2018 purchase of a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver.—
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Tooson did not dispute that his client was in possession of a rifle.—
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In response, a deputy armed with a rifle shot Alfonso before others rushed to the porch and rescued the child.—
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But hand the ball off from that same shotgun formation?—
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There was also a bad fumble on a snap out of shotgun.—
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One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
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In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
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The employee is authorized to carry a firearm, but is not a member of the Lawrence Police Department.—
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Officers allegedly found about 525 shell casings and 13 firearms.—
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“Self-loader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loader. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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