handgun
noun
hand·gun
ˈhan(d)-ˌgən 
: a firearm (such as a revolver or pistol) designed to be held and fired with one hand
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When officers ordered her to put the weapon down, the 51-year-old writer reportedly refused and then pointed the handgun at the police.
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Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
The officers found two handguns in an unlocked drawer in his bedside table, along with another handgun and three shotguns under the bed, according to the complaint.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
The arsenal of guns, weapon accessories and ammunition, detailed in a two-page inventory, included the Sig Sauer P320 semiautomatic handgun with silencer that BSO divers fished out of a nearby lake after the triple murder.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Chief Ron Thomas said shortly after the March 20 shooting in an alley near 35th Avenue and Humboldt Street in Denver’s Cole neighborhood that the man, who was homeless, was armed with a handgun.
—Max Levy, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
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Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
The officers found two handguns in an unlocked drawer in his bedside table, along with another handgun and three shotguns under the bed, according to the complaint.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
The arsenal of guns, weapon accessories and ammunition, detailed in a two-page inventory, included the Sig Sauer P320 semiautomatic handgun with silencer that BSO divers fished out of a nearby lake after the triple murder.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Chief Ron Thomas said shortly after the March 20 shooting in an alley near 35th Avenue and Humboldt Street in Denver’s Cole neighborhood that the man, who was homeless, was armed with a handgun.
—Max Levy, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Handgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handgun. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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handgun
noun
hand·gun
ˈhan(d)-ˌgən
: a firearm designed to be held and fired with one hand
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