Two California counties violated the Constitution's right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest.
An armed man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue had spent time in area homeless shelters in the two weeks leading up to the attack and was dropped off at one by someone he appeared to know.
Thousands of firearms manufactured or bought in the U.S. end up being used in crimes in Central America, according to an audit released last week that found about half of the weapons are smuggled into the region and the others are exported legally and "diverted" into criminals' hands.
So-called smart guns that only verified users can fire will become available commercially in the U.S. this year, shaking up an industry excited to court first-time gun owners but concerned about keeping the government from mandating the technology.
Mexican prosecutors said Sunday they have charged seven people, including former top officials, in the "Fast and Furious" weapons trafficking scandal.
Three White men face sentencing by a judge Friday roughly six weeks after being convicted of murder for chasing a running Ahmaud Arbery in pickup trucks, cutting off the unarmed Black man's escape and fatally blasting him with a shotgun.
A teenager charged with killing four students at their Michigan high school waived a key hearing Friday, a decision that moves his case straight to a trial court, while his parents faced a separate court appearance to try to get out of jail.
Firearm purchases by a record number of Black Americans have accelerated a surge in gun sales since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of government records.
Even as the Biden administration moves toward leniency toward illegal immigrants on so many fronts, there's a line the government hasn't crossed: Possessing a firearm is still a serious offense.
The Justice Department on Monday announced a new federal gun control rule aimed at ensuring gun owners have secure storage devices.
The amount of violence in Baltimore has persisted at about the same rate despite the city's recent efforts to fight crime and enact change.
A man accused of killing five people in a rampage in Denver is believed to have written fictional books self-published online that named some of his real-life victims and described similar attacks.
Across the region, from Richmond, Virginia, to Montgomery County, Maryland, jurisdictions are breaking records for homicides -- part of a nationwide trend for 2021.
A new poll finds that more than eight of 10 U.S. voters believe strict gun control laws in major cities either make no difference in the current retail crime surge or make it worse.
A gunman killed four people and injured an officer in the Denver area, police said Monday.
The parents of a teenager charged with killing four fellow students at a Michigan school knew that he was depressed, fascinated with guns and had tortured animals, even keeping a bird's head in a jar, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Pennsylvania Democratic lawmaker carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia on Wednesday is a chief proponent of federal legislation to replace police officers with mental health professionals.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the front-runner in the state's Democratic Senate primary, is being targeted by a rival over an incident in 2013 in which he pulled a shotgun on a Black jogger whom he suspected of a crime.
Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible.
