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Coverage dated March 8, 2024 to March 9, 2024

Surge of Illegal Homemade Machine Guns Helps Fuel Gun Violence in US

Headline from Voice of America

Tiny pieces of plastic and metal can convert a semi-automatic handgun into fully automatic weapon

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17 articles, oldest first.

  1. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.

  2. Washington Times

    A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the U.S. (opens Washington Times)

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    Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom's Cincinnati home when a hail of gunfire sprayed out from a passing car. Nearly two dozen rounds hurtled through the night at a group of children in the blink of an eye.

  3. AL.com

    Surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US (opens AL.com)

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    AL.com's feed description

    Guns with conversion devices have been used in several mass shootings, including one that left four dead at a Sweet Sixteen party in Dadeville, Alabama, last year.

  4. Voice of America

    Surge of Illegal Homemade Machine Guns Helps Fuel Gun Violence in US (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Tiny pieces of plastic and metal can convert a semi-automatic handgun into fully automatic weapon

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