Sentence examples for up the firearm from inspiring English sources

And most gun dealers continue to require background checks for the representative of the trust who picks up the firearm.

He would later tell investigators he picked up the firearm because it happened to have been dislodged from his vehicle's weapons rack en route to the hospital.

"This isn't giving up the firearm forever.

"There is no proof whatsoever that any prohibited possessor ended up with the firearms," the judge said in his decision, recorded in the court's minutes.

He also described the department's internal administrative inquiry and the process that led up to the firearms board's recommendation.

"All you have to do is pick the firearm up and the way you naturally rest your hand on the firearm unlocks it," he says.

The robbers held up the staff with firearms, poured petrol over one recalcitrant and rattled a box of matches.

Demand for guns is soaring in the U.S. after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, pumping up the price of firearms and ammunition as sellers race to replenish their stock.

After what happened in December, many of us were surprised to learn that an organization in Newtown is essentially the top PR and lobbying firm for many of the companies that make up the country's firearms industry.

But after people give up those firearms, it's hard to say what will happen to them.

"I wasn't sure if someone was going to come up the ladder and point a firearm and start shooting.