CHICAGO (WLS) -- As shootings in Chicago increase, so does the debate about whether Illinois should legalize silencers. Silencers used by criminals on TV and in movies; this is how most people know of ...

In 2019, a gunman shot and killed 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building. His semiautomatic weapon was fitted with a silencer, making the gunshots sound, to one survivor, “like a nail gun.” ...

Firearm silencers could soon get deregulated if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cleared the House earlier Thursday, prevails in the Senate. Buried deep in the megabill is a provision that would ...

New Jersey Democrats Sen. Bob Menendez and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on Thursday introduced legislation to ban gun silencers. The 2021 Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, which Menendez ...

A gruesome holiday season exercise: Think of some firearms and accessories that might have added to the body counts of Aurora and Newtown. More starkly, imagine the means by which coming Auroras and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a blurred cellphone video that would later go viral, federal officers knock on a Florida gun owner’s door, demanding he turn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Early Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Tax Bill," a very controversial package ...

Silencers are a greatly misunderstood component of firearms, due in large part to their portrayal in video games and actions movies. Although silencers can greatly reduce the noise of a firearms, they ...

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After the Newtown massacre in 2012, Democrats and gun control advocates focused on pushing for more background checks for some gun buyers. After last year’s mass ...

In The Godfather, a Mafioso prepping young Michael Corleone to assassinate some rivals gives him a pistol for the job. After firing a bullet into the wall, Michael complains, "Ow! My ears!" His friend ...