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  2. Machine pistol - Wikipedia

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    A machine pistol is a handgun that is capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun -style submachine guns. [ 1 ] The Austrians introduced the world's first machine pistol, the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16, during World War I. The Germans also experimented with machine pistols, by converting various types of semi-automatic ...

  3. M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. . The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as a replacement for the ...

  4. Automatic firearm - Wikipedia

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    A M2 Browning machine gun, surrounded by ejected cartridge cases. An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers and fires rounds when the trigger mechanism is actuated. The action of an automatic firearm is capable of harvesting the excess ...

  5. Yes, ‘Glock Switches’ Can Turn a Firearm Into an Automatic Weapon

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    Under 26 U.S. Code § 5845(b), devices designed to allow for the automatic firing of weapons are themselves considered “machineguns,” which are unlawful to possess or transfer, with very few ...

  6. Firearm Owners Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    The Act also contained a provision that banned the sale to civilians of machine guns manufactured after the date of enactment, restricting sales of these weapons to the military and law enforcement. Thus, in the ensuing years, the limited supply of these arms available to civilians has caused an enormous increase in their price, with most ...

  7. A tiny and cheap device called a 'Glock switch' lets ... - AOL

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    An ATF report on guns used in crimes found that the number of machine gun conversion devices seized by law enforcement went up 570% from 2017 to 2021, and officials say preliminary numbers from ...

  8. M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun - Wikipedia

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    Colt–Browning M1895/14 machine gun in 7mm Mauser caliber, possibly used in the Mexican Revolution. The Colt–Browning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute.

  9. Firearms are being turned into machine guns by criminals in ...

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    Jul. 28—Small, inexpensive devices that turn semiautomatic guns into fully automatic weapons are showing up in the Dayton region, and authorities warn they pose a significant threat to public ...