Invented in 1861, the Gatling gun was one of history's first rapid-fire weapons. It was operated with a hand crank that ...

On Valentine’s Day 1929, four men connected with Al Capone’s Chicago gang killed seven rivals with Thompson machine guns, better known as Tommy guns. The bloody massacre shocked the nation, making ...

According to the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as DARPA, anti-tank weaponry has come a long way. In the late 1990s, after a period of sustained research and ...

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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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The year after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, police raided the Michigan home of gangster Fred Burke, left, and ...