"Today, a detective told me the boys are twins. It's just a shame that a parent would do this and involve her own children," victim Sylvester Konateh said.

A U.S. regulation restricting ownership of gun accessories known as pistol braces is likely illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, a victory for a gun rights group challenging the rule.

The first pistol I purchased, at the age of 21, was one of the relatively new Croatian-made Springfield XDs. I used that pistol to dip my toes into the world of action pistol competition, and it ...