When three teenagers opened fire at a SEPTA bus stop in Northeast Philly in March, injuring eight students on a rainy Wednesday afternoon, at least one of them was armed with a pistol that had been ...

The number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting a troubling resurgence in the use of machine guns by criminals, according to an analysis ...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A device that changes a semi-automatic handgun into fully automatic is now considered illegal in the state of Indiana. It's widely known as a "switch" and once the ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Akron police on Friday night arrested two teens who allegedly fled a traffic stop. Inside the vehicle, officers found a loaded, semi-automatic handgun that had been modified with a ...

Automatic gunfire is making up a larger share of total gunshots than in previous years in Milwaukee, according to newly released data. Police and experts say the increase, while still only a small ...

URBANA — An Urbana man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a handgun with a switch to enable fully automatic fire was found in a vehicle he was driving in October. Champaign County Judge ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A simple, cheap metal switch attached to guns can quickly turn them into illegal automatic weapons. The devices, known as gun switches, are a new and dangerous threat for police and ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Illegal switches that make a semi-automatic gun into an automatic are being found in Chatham County. The Savannah field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

A Chicago man authorities say vaulted from a balcony holding a package of “switches” used to convert Glock handguns into fully-automatic weapons during a raid is now held on $50,000 bond. Devante ...