David Jolly, a Democratic candidate for Florida governor, advocates increasing restrictions on firearms to reduce the carnage of gun violence. At the same time, Jolly promises to talk to gun ...

Virginia’s "red flag law," passed in 2020, allows police to seize a gun from someone “deemed to be a risk” to themselves or others. Few localities use it.

A 57-year-old Australian police officer has been shot dead on a rural property in Tasmania while serving a warrant to ...

The Mercury asked Virginia's attorney general hopefuls to answer a questionnaire covering their legal experiences and their ...

Gun rights groups are asking a federal appeals court to overturn Illinois’ assault weapons ban, setting up a possible Supreme ...

The spate of school shootings is increasing momentum for tougher gun and security laws as well as more policing of social ...

A recent string of shootings in Mobile has sparked discussion over Alabama’s permitless carry law. Local leaders and city ...

"State laws matter." -- Patricia Logan-Greene, PhD, of the State University of New York at Buffalo, on an analysis that found ...

A bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature marked a rare instance in which Democrats and Republicans largely agreed on a ...

The Transportation Security Administration, more commonly known as TSA, is responsible for screening passengers and their ...

Suicide by firearm is gun violence, say experts. And the gun-suicide rates in some Ohio rural counties more than double those of urban counties.

A decade after the hate-fueled massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina still hasn't taken the one ...