Every year, thousands of guns once owned by police departments are used in crimes across the U.S. Many start out as the pistol in a cop's holster, but are later sold through an opaque network of gun ...
BOSTON - Guns that are used to protect the public are ending up on the other side of the law. Boston mom Ruth Rollins wants to know. Her son Danny was shot and killed when he was 21. "There were two ...
The statistic Vice President Kamala Harris cites derives from a limited U.S. Secret Service study published in 2019. The report didn’t find that 75% of guns used in school shootings came from ...
Ghost guns—untraceable firearms assembled from kits or 3D-printed components—have become a focal point in the U.S. gun control debate. These weapons lack serial numbers, making them difficult to trace ...
More Americans own guns for personal protection than ever before, a new survey shows. Gun sales surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, as did gun-related deaths. In 2021, 48,830 people died from ...
The man suspected of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was carrying a “ghost gun” — a type of untraceable, homemade firearm — when he was apprehended Monday, police said. Luigi ...
This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters. Toward the end of 2024, federal law enforcement officials were ...
The number of 3D-printed guns recovered at crime scenes has increased dramatically in recent years, according to a report released Wednesday by the gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety.
The court will decide if "self-assemble" guns require a background check. The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up the issue of "ghost guns" next term and the Biden administration's appeal ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun ...
New York would become the first state to require manufacturers of 3D printers to block production of guns and gun parts under ...