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1846 W. Gresley Coniston Hall (1849) xvii. 190 Not a few of the fire-arms men found themselves amongst the hedge-stakes and pitchforks.

1880 Standard 7 Sept. 6/2 The disarmament of the Basutos under the firearms law.

1888 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 6 Feb. 1/3 1,000 revolvers were sold to citizens by one firearms-dealer..during one week.

1904 Virginia Law Rev. 18 905 A police officer may demand from any person suspected of being in possession of..any firearms.., the production of his firearms certificate.

1949 Times 17 Feb. 2/1 The Home Secretary was adamant that the firearms law could not be altered.

1950 Artibus Asiae 13 139/2 Firearms enthusiasts will regret the lack of detail concerning the discharge mechanisms of the guns.

1965 Financial Times 22 Jan. 1/1 A firearms amnesty to recover weapons illegally held.

1973 R. A. Lee Hist. of Regulatory Taxation xi. 176 With the NRA campaign, firearms controls became an either-or proposition in the minds of many gun advocates.

1989 Independent (Nexis) 4 Mar. 3 Offences including..causing grievous bodily harm and a minor firearms charge.

1996 W. Clarkson Deadly Seduction 231 An expert firearms witness examined the bear and found no trace of firearms residue.

2009 P. Baldwin Narcissism Minor Differences iv. 74 Firearms ownership, though highest in the United States per capita.., is not as far beyond European numbers as one might expect.