Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites …
Aug 23, 2024 · A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment. If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact on the regulation of machine guns, including homemade automatic weapons that many police and ...
Illegal homemade machine guns cause surge in US gun violence | AP News
Mar 9, 2024 · Laws against machine guns date back to the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters. But the proliferation of devices known by nicknames such as Glock switches, auto sears and chips has allowed people to transform legal semi-automatic weapons into even more dangerous guns, helping fuel gun violence, police and federal authorities said.
Machine gun ban ruled unconstitutional by federal judge
Aug 27, 2024 · A federal judge in Kansas recently ruled that a ban on the possession of a machine gun was unconstitutional. The judge dismissed charges against an American gun owner who had been charged with two counts of illegally owning a machine gun.
US judge tosses machine gun possession case, calls ban …
Aug 23 (Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Kansas man for possessing a machine gun, saying prosecutors failed to establish that a federal ban on owning such weapons is...
A tiny, cheap device lets criminals create their own machine guns
Dec 6, 2023 · Handguns and rifles illegally modified with devices called “Glock switches” to become machine guns have proliferated, officials say. The devices are tiny, cheap and easy to install.
Machine-gun conversion device dubbed 'Glock switches' taking ... - ABC News
Jun 12, 2024 · Law enforcement officials said the machine-gun conversion devices -- also called "auto sear" -- are believed to be mostly manufactured overseas and sold on the internet.
How the bump stock ban overturn could affect machine guns in …
Jun 14, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned a federal ban on bump stocks, the devices that can attach to a semi-automatic rifle to make it fire as fast as a machine gun -- potentially hundreds of...
Trump judge greenlights machine guns under Second …
A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump dismissed criminal charges for machine gun possession this week, citing the Second Amendment and Supreme Court precedent.
Handguns converted to high-capacity machine guns fuel deadly ... - NPR
Oct 28, 2022 · A thumbnail-size "switch" turns a gun from semi-automatic to automatic. Authorities see a correlation between an uptick in mass shootings and the rise of switch-equipped guns and extended...
Feds in Texas crack down on machine gun converters made by 3D …
Jun 11, 2024 · U.S. attorneys announced "Operation Texas Kill Switch," a statewide operation to target machine gun conversion devices, also known as switches or auto-sears.