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 ...

A Lincoln man was sentenced Monday to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to building a homemade silencer. Douglas M. West, 50, pleaded guilty in May to unlawful possession of a silencer.

ATLANTA – They are the stuff of legend, wielded by hit men and by James Bond. For decades, buying a silencer for a firearm has been as difficult as buying a machine gun, requiring a background check ...

I am no longer stunned by what our legislators do and say. Rather, I am numbed. I wrote to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker expressing concern with the House Bill (H.R. 3668) intended to make gun silencers ...

HAYWARD — A local resident has been charged with manufacturing ghost guns, possessing a silencer, selling hallucinogens and having components of explosive devices in a case that started with a report ...