In 1718, British inventor James Puckle patented what may have been the world's first machine gun - a tripod-mounted, ...

For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Pistols, firearms and other items found in a law enforcement search. (File photo courtesy of SDSO) A California bill that would ban the sale of machine-gun convertible pistols has passed the Assembly ...

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 ...