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Shotgun

Firearm loaded with a cartridge of pellets

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A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns are most commonly used as smoothbore firearms, meaning that their gun barrels have no rifling on the inner wall, but rifled barrels for shooting sabot slugs (slug barrels) are also available. Shotguns come in a wide variety of calibers and gauges ranging from 5.5 mm (.22 inch) to up to 5 cm (2.0 in), though the 12-gauge (18.53 mm or 0.729 in) and 20-gauge (15.63 mm or 0.615 in) bores are by far the most common.

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🇺🇸 Man arrested for running toward U.S. Capitol building with loaded shotgun, police say (2026-02-17)
U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., arrested an 18-year-old man Tuesday after he ran from his vehicle toward the west side of the Capitol Buildin...
🇺🇸 Man ran at U.S. Capitol with shotgun and tactical vest: Capitol Police chief (2026-02-17)
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan commended his officers, saying this is why they conduct monthly active-shooter exercises....
🇺🇸 Man arrested running toward Capitol with shotgun, police say (2026-02-17)
U.S. Capitol Police that the individual was in custody and that there did not appear to be other suspects or an ongoing threat....

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