The gun used in the attack was a MAC-10 semi-automatic assault weapon or a Cobray M11, according to authorities (they’ve said both). What does that mean and is that kind of gun legal in California?

For roughly a 20-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-’90s the MAC-10 submachine gun was everywhere. At least that’s what you might think if your only exposure to the weapon is action ...

Luna said the gun was a semi-automatic 9 mm MAC-10, which is a civilian type of pistol based on a fully automatic military-use submachine gun.

The semi-automatic Cobray pistol recovered in the Monterey Park, Calif., shooting, was modified with what appears to be a homemade suppressor. The gun is a subcompact variation of a MAC-10 pistol ...