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 ...

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. Today in History: May 21, Ringling Bros.

Attorneys general from D.C. and several states, including Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, announced Monday they are suing President Donald Trump’s administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Glock pistols are a popular choice for people committing gun crimes, in part because they can be easily converted into fully automatic weapons using a small device, according to a new ...

Maryland leaders want to ban a range of firearms to reduce gun violence. Many handguns, including some Glock pistols, can be converted from semi-automatic, to fully automatic weapons by the use of an ...

A 20-year-old man who brought a fully automatic weapon into a Northwest DC charter school will spend more than a year in prison, federal prosecutors announced on Friday. James Adrian Brewer, who was ...

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 ...

FILE - A semi-automatic pistol with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic is fired as four empty shell casings fly out of the weapon, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and ...