long gun
noun
plural long guns
: a firearm having a long barrel and intended to be fired from the shoulder
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The officers learned that a next-door neighbor was frequently seen with a long gun, according to police.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article A San Diego federal court judge ruled this week in favor of a state law prohibiting the sale of semi-automatic rifles and other long guns to 18-to-20-year-olds, with exceptions, by licensed dealers.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Sun Sentinel Florida House OKs repealing gun-age law The Florida House on Wednesday approved repealing a law that prevents people under age 21 from buying rifles and other long guns.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article A San Diego federal court judge ruled this week in favor of a state law prohibiting the sale of semi-automatic rifles and other long guns to 18-to-20-year-olds, with exceptions, by licensed dealers.
—Christian Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Sun Sentinel Florida House OKs repealing gun-age law The Florida House on Wednesday approved repealing a law that prevents people under age 21 from buying rifles and other long guns.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Beretta traces its history to 1526, when Bartolomeo Beretta (d. 1565), a rifle barrel maker in the small northern Italian town of Gardone, sold 185 arquebus barrels—a handheld long gun and a forerunner to the modern rifle—to the Republic of Venice.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Long gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gun. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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