The proposed Connecticut ban models a first-in-the-nation California law enacted last year that the NRA, the Firearms Policy ...

A man charged last June with purchasing kits to convert guns into fully automatic weapons will spend three years on probation after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors. Jayden ...

A Lonoke County man convicted of machine gun possession was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison by a judge who called the circumstances behind the man's plea "sad." ...

Kentucky is one of the top two states where police seized machine gun conversion devices last year, with nearly 600 ...

Local and federal law enforcement agencies in Kentucky are supporting a House bill that would restrict the possession and use of switch attachments for guns.

A man pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to possessing a pistol that was illegally converted into a machine gun. Saying he wanted to put the case behind him, Alfonzo Lee Womack, 29, appeared before ...

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act, which barred the private sale and ownership of machine guns. The act grandfathered in machine guns that were registered with ...

Maryland must take action to keep DIY “switches” that turn pistols into automatic weapons off the streets, writes Cindy Camp.

Gun safety advocacy groups packed Lawyers Mall to push for passage of a bill taking aim at do-it-yourself machine guns. The ...

The machine-pistol was hardly a new concept when, in the 1970s, Italian gun-maker Beretta began developing the 93R, a sleek little weapon that practically spews bullets. Machine-pistols first appeared ...