"Firearm" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... window, made by cutting a hole in the side of the wall about four feet from the ground and covering this with greased paper, glass being an unattainable luxury. Notwithstanding the belief that there was not a man in those days but wore a red shirt and a big revolver, there was not a firearm in the place. ...
— Bears I Have Met--and Others • Allen Kelly
... Rivers. That's how I noticed this card-index system. Of course, I didn't look at everything, while I was here, but I can't see where any quantity of arms have been removed, and Rivers didn't have any single item that was worth a murder. Fact is, no old firearm is. There are only a very few old arms that are worth over a thousand dollars, and most of them are well-known, unique specimens that would be unsaleable because every collector would know ...
— Murder in the Gunroom • Henry Beam Piper
... to take away the life of Pericles if he can get him within his "pistol's length," are we seriously to inquire whether the weapon was an Italian dagger or an English firearm? or are we to debate which of the interpretations ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 • Various
... was only one firearm on board, and the idea of throat-cutting was disapproved of by several of the more timid, rat poison, of which there was just enough to go all round, was chosen. Meanwhile, in consideration of the short time ...
— Byways of Ghost-Land • Elliott O'Donnell
... statement, and he was also alarmed. The tipsy man was certainly not the person to have a firearm in his possession. ...
— Young Auctioneers - The Polishing of a Rolling Stone • Edward Stratemeyer
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