Key point: A celebrity gun with limited practical utility. In the mid-1980s, a powerful new handgun quickly achieved gun celebrity status. The Desert Eagle was an innovative design that ported over ...

A man was shot on a Mendocino County road by three sheriff’s deputies after he allegedly opened fire on them with a .50-caliber semiautomatic handgun. The man’s name was not released. The sheriff’s ...

The Desert Eagle was originally produced in 1985 in .357 Magnum. The .357 Magnum version features a six-inch barrel, nine-round magazine, and Weaver-style accessory rail for mounting telescopic sights ...