Almost 40 years ago, the Super Soaker, the ultimate water gun, was invented by Lonnie Johnson, a mechanical and nuclear engineer.The Super Soaker became a staple of summer water ...

Historically, water guns were small and simple, with a measly reservoir for ammunition. But in 1982, U.S. Air Force and NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson invented a new generation of water gun by ...

Super Soakers, which spray water jets up to 50 feet, are causing increasing controversy around the country. A 15-year-old Boston boy was killed recently after an argument stemming from a water-gun ...

But fed up with an apparent lack of evolution in the water gun department, a team of German innovators quit their day jobs and set out to redesign the nostalgic, summertime toy for the 21st century.

The Super Soaker was involved in an incident May 29 in Boston in which a water fight escalated and 15-year-old Christopher Miles was shot to death with a real gun.

With the new line of Super Soaker water guns you don't need to find a house or go inside to a sink: you simply remove your empty magazine and slam a new one in. It's like a squirt gun action film.

Police said his shotgun was disguised as a brand of water gun known as a Super Soaker. Police said the gun Randy Smith, 54, was carrying had the shell of a water gun, with a loaded shotgun inside.

The two models included in the recall are: Super Soaker XP 20, a green and orange hand-held water blaster, sold for about $7.99, and the XP 30 is an orange and blue water gun that sold for $12.99.