Machine-gun-like pistol seized, two arrested during Richmond traffic stop

Machine-gun-like pistol seized, two arrested during Richmond traffic stop

(KRON) — A handgun equipped with an illegal attachment that gave the gun machine-gun-like firepower was seized during a traffic stop in the East Bay on Sunday, the Richmond Police Department said. Officers with the department's Southern District were on patrol when they came across two men driving in a car with expired registration. The officers stopped the vehicle and allegedly found probable cause to search the car. 1 critically injured in SF …

Savannah Man Convicted On Machine Gun And Drug Charges

ShareA Savannah man could spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal jury found him guilty of drug trafficking and weapons charges. The verdict follows a dramatic chase and arrest that highlighted the growing threat of illegal machine gun conversion devices in Georgia communities. What We Know: Malik Javier McKenzie, 27, was convicted in U.S. District Court after a two-day trial. The charges include possession of controlled substance…

Yet another television show having American criminals using machine guns, lots of machine guns

As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many, many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to commit crime. In real life, criminals generally use machine guns so rarely that a 2016 survey of prison inmates only broke down the numbers for uses in crime of handguns (11.2%), rifles (0.8%), and shotguns (1.1%). There are few rifles, and the survey did not even mention fully automatic we…

Mississippi man pleads guilty to machine gun possession charges

James Harris, a 33-year-old from Mississippi, pled guilty to possession of machine guns on April 23, 2025. U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance accepted Harris's guilty plea, which was in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(o) and 924(a)(2). The announcement of Harris’s plea came from Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.The case stems from investigations by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), whi…