Submachine guns are small, portable machine guns intended for use at close range. The first submachine gun was made by Hugo Schmeisser, a German firearm designer, toward the end of World War I. He experimented with semiautomatic pistols, which fired...

A submachine gun (SMG) is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. They were first experimented with in the form of a stocked pistol being converted...

ANDREA ALEXANDER, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-19-2008 Was police submachine gun mislaid or taken on purpose? By ANDREA ALEXANDER, STAFF WRITER Date: 01-19-2008, Saturday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions After another day's search for a submachine gun missing...

ANDREA ALEXANDER, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-22-2008 Submachine gun back in cops' arsenal -- Wayne won't say where missing weapon turned up By ANDREA ALEXANDER, STAFF WRITER Date: 01-22-2008, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions A submachine gun...

A psychology professor was charged with threatening people and hinting about bringing a submachine gun to campus.A psychologist was expected to evaluate Texas Christian University professor Charles Frederick Bond Jr., officials said. He was being held without bond.The 53-year-old professor was arrested at his home...

Authorities were on alert after suspected gang members torched three buses and shot at police, raising concerns the violence could mushroom into a repeat of last year's huge crime wave, officials said Wednesday.No one was hurt in Tuesday night's attacks but authorities were investigating whether...