Example sentences

1. 彼が鉄砲を掃除していたら暴発し、もう少しで妻に当たるところだった。

   The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.

2. 合衆国では２億１６００万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。

   In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.

3. 警察は鉄砲の指紋とドアの指紋とを見くらべた。

   The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.