The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a 1930s ban on machine guns should be applied to bump stocks — modern devices that allow rapid, repeated fire. The justice repeatedly asked ...

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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a "bump stock" attachment does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a "machine gun," which is prohibited under federal law. The 6-3 vote aligned with the ...

The state and the city of Baltimore sued gun maker Glock on Wednesday for its failure to stop the rising trend of its handguns being modified into machine-gun-like weapons used in violent crimes. The ...

Over the past decade, Massachusetts streets have been marked by a rapid surge in homemade weapons with massive firepower. With the rise of illegal devices that can turn semiautomatic pistols into ...

The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned a federal ban on bump stocks, the devices that can attach to a semi-automatic rifle to make it fire as fast as a machine gun -- potentially hundreds of rounds a ...

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declared unlawful a federal ban on "bump stock" devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, rejecting ...

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 ...