Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn't a new concept by any means, with ...

Key Points - The Nazi German MG 42, introduced in 1942, was a fearsome 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun renowned for its devastatingly high rate of fire (1,200-1,800 rpm) and reliability, ...

Gun control is one of the most debated political topics right now, but before we can take a look at where we’re going or even how we got here, we have to take a look back at how it all started — and ...

As long as I’ve lived in America I’ve enjoyed the comic ritual known as the “hunt for the smoking gun,” a process by which our official press tries to inoculate itself and its readers against p As ...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaks in front of published advertisements for assault weapons during a hearing about the mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, and ...

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 25 books, including the New York Times best ...

The AR-15 was first developed in the 1950s by Armalite. The weapon’s initials stands for “Armalite Rifle,” but over the years, the AR-15 name has turned into an umbrella term for this type of ...

PENDLETON — History and modern life converged during the annual Pendleton Gun Show, with one display featuring about 250 weapons dating back to 1840. Anthony Bowman, a local weapons collector, owns ...