President Trump on Friday announced his intention to nominate Kenneth "Chuck" Canterbury Jr., president of the National Fraternal Order of Police and an opponent of disclosing "trace" data on firearms, to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday vetoed eight bills, including legislation that would change state laws regulating handguns and oysters.
A prosecutor said Monday that Emanuel Kidega Samson, a black man charged with fatally shooting a woman and wounding seven people at a Nashville church, aimed to kill at least 10 white churchgoers and cited a 2015 massacre at a black church in South Carolina.
Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student armed with a black shotgun appeared in the doorway.
The Democratic Party has long been known for its extensive lines of campaign merchandise, the Republicans Party not so much. Not to be outdone, the Libertarian Party has just introduced a T-shirt and a lapel button emblazoned with the motto "Guns save lives."
Swiss voters on Sunday approved a measure to tighten the Alpine nation's gun laws, bringing the country in line with many of its European partners despite the objections of local gun owners, Swiss media reported, citing official results.
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says in his new memoir that the court's biggest mistake during his time on the bench was a 2008 ruling declaring the Second Amendment a personal right to bear arms.
Sen. Kamala D. Harris vowed Wednesday that if she's elected president she would take executive action to ban imports of AR-15-style semiautomatic rifles unless Congress acts first.
NRA board member and former Rep. Allen West said Tuesday that he's calling Wayne LaPierre, the gun group's CEO, to step down.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday she doesn't understand why the United States has not drafted stricter gun laws in the wake of numerous mass shootings.
Sen. Cory A. Booker on Tuesday unveiled more details of his gun control agenda, saying more needs to be done to combat suicides by gun.
Democratic Sen. Cory A. Booker said he will "bring a fight" to combat gun violence if he wins the 2020 presidential election, according to a CNN interview released Friday.
The shooters may have thought they were destined for fame when they attacked the STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, but instead the world is talking about the brave, bespectacled 18-year-old who gave his life to protect his classmates.
Hundreds of students walked out of an interfaith vigil Wednesday night for the victims of the Highlands Ranch STEM School shooting after speakers put the focus to gun control and politics.
The Washington State Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order that would have allowed a man convicted of juvenile felonies to get a concealed pistol license.
Police in South Florida say three people were shot, one fatally, inside a bar at a mall.
More than 1,000 rifles and handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition were seized Wednesday at a mansion in a posh area of town not far from the Playboy Mansion.
Authorities have identified one of the two suspects in a shooting Tuesday at a public charter school in Colorado just eight miles from Columbine High School.
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered strict bail conditions for a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant accused of plotting a massive terrorist attack but stopped short of releasing the defendant so the government could appeal the plan.
Carolyn Meadows, the National Rifle Association's new president, said in an interview published Sunday that her U.S. representative, Georgia Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath, unseated the Republican incumbent because she is a woman and an African American.
