firearms

Synonyms

armory cannon arms gun artillery rifle pistol firearm ordnance musket weapon weaponry handgun matchlock non-proliferation
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Phrases with the word

battle with firearms control of firearms automatic firearms

Examples

Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State. Heinrich Himmler

When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well, what do you need?" Steven Wright

The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing practical to alter or deflect the impulse to destroy the enemy, which is central to the very idea of war. Carl von Clausewitz

The rest of Sitka's homicides are so-called crimes of passion, which is a shorthand way of expressing the mathematical product of alcohol and firearms. Michael Chabon

I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can't be defended against with (ordinary) weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what's coming. Martin Luther

If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head. G. Gordon Liddy