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 ...

Assault weapons and hand guns seen for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) CINCINNATI (CN) — Machine guns are atypical weapons not ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TMX/KY3) - A Kansas City man is facing federal charges for allegedly possessing hundreds of devices used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns, the U.S ...