Synonyms for handgun
ˈhændˌgʌnhand·gun

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1. handgunnoun

   Synonyms:
   pistol

2. handgunnoun

   A small, hand-held gun with a relatively short barrel.

   Synonyms:
   pistol

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1. pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting ironnoun

   a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

   Synonyms:
   side arm, pistol, shooting iron

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1. • Firearm

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1. burner

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "handgun":

   sidearm, pistol, gun, fist, revolver, gunpoint

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1. The Justice Department:

   Plaintiffs alleged that because of this delay, the shooter was able to purchase the handgun that he used to commit the atrocity.

2. The George:

   Some of these people reasonably believe that unless they can brandish or, if necessary, use a handgun in the face of attack, they may be murdered, raped, or suffer some other serious injury.

3. Jack Cummings:

   We bear no ill will toward the individual, his family, we pray for the best for all of them. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The actions of Jack Wilson , 71 and other armed churchgoers have drawn praise from some Texas lawmakers and gun-rights advocates. Texas officials hailed the states gun laws, including a measure enacted this year that affirmed the right of licensed handgun holders to carry a weapon inside places of worship unless a facility bans them. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on how licensed gun owners helped take down the shooter and save lives. In an exclusive interview Monday night on.

4. Patrick Golden:

   We have to stop this senseless violence in the United States and the city of Chicago, here you have a kid who served his country in the Army … and then somebody was out there with a fully automatic handgun shoots him in the back. It paralyzes him for the rest of his life. This has to stop. People are getting slaughtered all over the United States of America. It has to stop.

5. Michael Gartner:

   There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use, a handgun. The only way to control handguns use in this country is to prohibit the guns. And the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.