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.

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 – An operation targeting trafficked illegal firearms and machine-gun conversion devices linked to "violent criminal activity" in Chicago and across the United States yielded over 40 arrests, ...