Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A "switch," also known as a conversion device, or sear, or "giggle switch," as displayed by ATF, with an imprint falsely ...

A mass shooting outside a St. Helena Island bar lasted only seconds but changed lives for generations. Investigators suspect an illegal machine gun was used.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — Indy police have seen a rise ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A bill to ban machine gun conversion devices, also known as switches, advanced in Frankfort Tuesday.

HOUSTON — U.S. Attorneys in Texas are taking aim at machine gun conversion devices, often referred to as “switches.” U.S. Attorneys Alamdar S. Hamdani, Leigha Simonton, Damien Diggs and Jaime Esparza ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A small plastic part that can be made at home in an hour and installed in 60 seconds can "switch" a semi-automatic handgun into an illegal machine gun and the DOJ is working to get ...

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 ...

A Peoria, Illinois, man, Anthony Q. Johnson, 19, of the 1100 block of North Flora Avenue, was sentenced on August 2 to 50 months in federal prison for possessing a handgun equipped with a “Glock ...

Two Boston men accused of selling a dozen machine gun conversion devices, also known as “switches,” were indicted by a federal grand jury Monday. Elijah Navarro, 24, and Michael Wilkerson, 22, are ...

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Update:On April 20, Gov. Eric Holcomb signed HB 1365 into law. A concerning trend has emerged at Indianapolis crime scenes. Semi-automatic handguns have been found modified and given the ability to ...

The earsplitting, heart-stopping roar of fully automatic weapons hasn't been often heard on America's streets since Congress largely outlawed them in 1934. But now it's back, owing to a small device ...