A few automatic weapons patented in the United States in the 1820s and 1830s were called organ or machine guns, consisting of multi-barreled weapons loaded on carts. These bear little resemblance to today's machine gun, which fires a continuous stream...

Bipod- or tripod-mounted or handheld automatic weapon whose ammunition is fed from a magazine or a belt (Figure...

A machine gun is a fully-automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rifle cartridges in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute. The first machine...

THE SUPREME Court in the past has found no constitutional bar to legislation requiring the registration of handguns or prohibiting the sale of firearms to convicted felons, the mentally incapacitated and other groups thought to be especially dangerous when armed. But when Congress prohibited...

Among the many mysteries of life there is this one: Why is the American Civil Liberties Union considered a fringe organization - ridiculed by George Bush in the last campaign - while the National Rifle Association is viewed as the very essence of Americanism?...

A former Navy lieutenant who lost his post as a ship supply officer after ordering hundreds of unneeded parts was indicted on federal charges of illegally possessing 60 machine guns.The grand jury indictment handed down Thursday against David Carmel, 32, came weeks after he was...

A former Navy lieutenant living in northwestern Wisconsin has been illegally selling military equipment, including laser gun sights, and hoarding automatic weapons, federal prosecutors said.Federal agents and police discovered more than 65 machine guns on David Carmel's property in Gilman, according to a criminal complaint...