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flintlocks

noun

plural of flintlock

as in muskets

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Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.

— Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of muskets

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Advocates tout the measure as the most comprehensive update in a decade to the state's firearms laws.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Six additional states require registration of some firearms, such as handguns or those defined as assault weapons, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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In 2017, a 16-year-old student armed with a rifle, pistols and a small grenade opened fire at a high school in southern France, wounding three students and the principal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
On his cellphone, according to the complaint, investigators found messages about drug trafficking and firearms, including devices capable of converting Glock pistols into a fully automatic machine gun.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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