Handguns — specifically semi-automatic pistols — are far and away the most popular type of firearm in the United States. Data ...

At least half of U.S. states now outlaw devices that can convert pistols into machine guns. Alabama and New Mexico are the ...

The Herstal, Belgium, firm of Anciens Etablissements Pieper was apparently expecting big things when, in 1908, it named its ...

Leshawn Thomas, a 34-year-old resident of Clayville, New York, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A 34-year-old man from Clayville was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Leshawn Thomas received his ...

FILE – Two semi-automatic pistols are displayed for a photograph, one with a conversion device installed making it fully automatic, at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ...