Archeologists Uncovered Evidence of a 2,000-Year-Old Machine Gun—and the Damage It Did

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest ...
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Ancient Roman Machine Gun-Like Weapon May Have Damaged Pompeii’s Walls During Siege

Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.
WGAL

York City Council passes ban on rapid-fire gun attachments

EIGHT. MCKENNA. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT’S DOUBLE SHOOTING IN YORK HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO BAN DEVICES THAT INCREASE HOW QUICKLY A FIREARM CAN FIRE BULLETS. THE ...
The Washington Post

Trump administration strikes deal to allow sales of rapid-fire gun modification

The Trump administration has struck a deal to allow sales of a trigger mechanism that modifies a semiautomatic firearm to allow it to fire more rapidly. Gun-control advocates have argued that the ...
YDR

Ban on rapid-fire gun devices clears York City Council

Devices that can turn a handgun into an automatic-style weapon could soon be outlawed in York City. York City Council approved the ban in a 4-1 vote at Tuesday's legislative meeting. The bill, ...
AOL

15 states sue over Trump move to return seized rapid-fire devices for guns

(Reuters) -Fifteen Democratic-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block Republican President Donald Trump's administration from returning thousands of previously seized devices that ...
NBC Connecticut

Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns

The Trump administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable standard firearms to fire like machine guns, a move that one person familiar with the matter said was “by far the most ...