riot gun

noun

Definition of riot gun

: a small arm used to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death especially : a short-barreled shotgun

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The ammunition issued for the riot guns was lethal buckshot, shells used by deer hunters that contain nine to 12 pellets as large as .38 caliber pistol slugs. — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, "‘Stained with blood’: The 1968 campus massacre of black protesters by South Carolina police," 8 Feb. 2018

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