Most zip guns cost less than $10 to build, but the real price was paid in lost fingers, shattered wrists, and accidental deaths. They lacked safeties, proper barrels, or reliable firing mechanisms.

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We take a closer look at the crude, improvised world of the zip gun, often cited as one of the worst pistols in history. This description traces the origins of these homemade weapons, built from pipes ...

A man who allegedly attempted to run over a homeless person while a 2-year-old child was sitting unrestrained in the front seat was arrested Friday by Yuba City police. Officers responded to a call ...

(FOX40.COM) — A woman was arrested earlier this month for possession of an improvised firearm, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the sheriff’s office, on Jan. 20 a deputy pulled ...

A man has pleaded guilty to keeping nine homemade “zip” guns and bullets in his hall and TV unit. Salvatore Lupe, 38, was charged with three firearm offences after a police raid on his home in Benview ...