Unruly lass stealing gold gewgaws, guns (7,6)
I believe the answer is:
assault rifles
'guns' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'unruly lass stealing gold gewgaws' is the wordplay.
'unruly' is an anagram indicator.
'stealing' is an insertion indicator.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'gewgaws' becomes 'trifles' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'lass' with letters rearranged gives 'assl'.
'assl' placed around 'au' is 'assaul'.
'assaul'+'trifles'='ASSAULT RIFLES'
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