Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new policy circulated to her ...

Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Citing a surge in the number of firearms being illegally converted into machine guns, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has ordered prosecutors to seek a prison ...

WASHINGTON (SOA) — There are small devices that can enable a gun to spray up to 900 bullets a minute. They’re widely referred to as Machine Gun Conversion Devices. One type, called a Forced Reset ...

In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, the governor made it a priority. Lawmakers in both states — one led by ...

The Browning M2 entered U.S. service in 1921 and remains operational today despite predating jets, radar, helicopters, and modern armored warfare. U.S. military attempts to replace the M2 repeatedly ...

The jungles of Vietnam served as proving grounds for guns like the M16 and variations of the minigun American arms used throughout the conflict gained iconic status among soldiers and the general ...

THE ELDER OFFUTT WAS ARRESTED WEEKS LATER. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CALLS IT AN EMERGING THREAT. MACHINE GUN CONVERSION DEVICES. WLKY MADISON ELLIOTT WAS IN FRANKFORT TODAY, AS LOUISVILLE’S POLICE ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 24-year-old Kansas City ...

A Bexar County man who federal authorities say sold a machine gun-type weapon to a confidential informant has been sentenced to two years in prison. Jaime Sandoval Jr. pleaded guilty in January to one ...

A bipartisan wave of legislation is sweeping across the US, targeting devices known as "Glock switches" that convert handguns into automatic weapons. At least half of US states now have laws on the ...