Hammer gun with twist barrels = dangerous antique. So, such guns were pointedly ignored except by a few chaps who found them interesting, if rather funky, reminders of a bygone age.

They came as ready-made guns from factories or were cut down from longer barreled hunting guns by individuals or gunsmiths, as needed. They typically sported exposed double hammers and double triggers ...

The hammer of the gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding when it fired a live round killing "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins may have been intentionally modified, New Mexico special prosecutors ...

A suspected robber armed with a hammer was fatally shot when he allegedly tried to rob a California gun store. The Livermore Police Department said that before 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a man "wearing a ...

“We both assumed the gun was empty other than those, you know, dummy rounds,” Baldwin said of the 21 October shooting. He said he had been handed the gun by a crew member and informed it was safe.

Gun Nut Claims Hammers Are More Deadly Than Guns Cienna Madrid. Slog tipper Amy directs our attention to an article that's gaining traction among credulous gun nuts on the ...

Hammer, age 83, said the timing of her stepping down is unrelated to the series of slaughters that has prompted Congress to advance a bipartisan deal aimed at blunting gun violence.

Marion Hammer was 5 when she first held a gun in her hands. Her grandfather handed her a .22 bolt-action single-shot rifle and told her to hunt down a rabbit or a squirrel for dinner. She ...

Marion Hammer was 5 when she first held a gun in her hands. Her grandfather handed her a .22 bolt-action single-shot rifle and told her to hunt down a rabbit or a squirrel for dinner. She ...