Two boys approached a U.S. soldier, pulled out a pistol and handed it over. They got a smile and some candy in return.
A program to exchange guns for gifts brought in a record number of weapons this year as residents hit hard by the economy look under the bed and in closets to find items to trade for groceries.
Ten states are responsible for the bulk of illegal guns that are shipped across state lines for use in crimes, according to a report released Friday by a national coalition of mayors.
Many NFL players shudder when they think about what Plaxico Burress is going through — and what still awaits.
People will soon be able to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges.
A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.
The NFL policy on gun possession, which applies to all employees of the NFL and its teams, including players and non-players:
TVs and laptops won't be the only hot items in South Carolina this Black Friday. The state is offering an unusual perk to shoppers: no sales tax on handguns, rifles and shotguns.
Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality.
Seventeen years. That’s how long it’s been since the release of the “Use Your Illusion” albums, the last new offering of original songs by the once-dominant hard rock band Guns N’ Roses. Come Nov. 23, a reconfigured edition of the group will release the long-awaited “Chinese Democracy” album.
Boston Police investigating an armed robbery lifted a man out of a wheelchair and found he was sitting on three guns, including two with high capacity magazines and one with a laser sight. Police said they were led to an apartment building in the city's South Boston neighborhood by two men who said they were robbed of their cell phones Friday.
Switzerland can provide legal assistance to Italian prosecutors investigating an alleged attempt by black market dealers to sell arms to Libya and Iraq, according to a court ruling released Tuesday.
Five Harlem churches collected hundreds of weapons — in exchange for cash.
Flying in the U.S. has been transformed since Sept. 11, with passengers forced to remove their shoes, take out their laptop computers and put liquids and gels in clear plastic bags. Yet it's perfectly legal to take a loaded gun right up to the security checkpoint at some of the nation's biggest airports.
John McCain supports background checks for buyers at gun shows and has his name on a law restricting special-interest group advertising, two positions strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association.
City officials have agreed to return hundreds of firearms that police officers confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, part of a deal to resolve a lawsuit filed by gun lobbying groups.
Iraq will allow doctors to carry guns to protect themselves after hundreds have been targeted and killed since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the government said Monday.
Gun rights groups are appealing a federal judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to allow licensed gun owners to pack heat in parts of the world's busiest airport.
Facts and figures about Finland's gun laws and gun ownership.
The National Rifle Association said Wednesday that Barack Obama's campaign is trying to mislead voters about his past support of gun control, calling the Democratic candidate "a poster child of the extremist, elitist gun control movement."
Nearly all illegal guns seized in Mexico come from the United States, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday.
A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport.
Employees with concealed weapons permits can keep guns locked in their cars at work in Florida, but businesses are allowed to prohibit customers from bringing firearms on their property, a federal judge has ruled.
Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public are turning heads by touring Zoo Boise while packing guns on their hips.
Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh.
The way Donnell Herrington tells it, there was no warning. One second he was trudging through the heat. The next he was lying prostrate on the pavement, his life spilling out of a hole in his throat, his body racked with pain, his vision blurred and distorted.
The family of a baby boy who was shot and killed in Northwest Miami-Dade County Saturday night asked for the public's help in finding his killer.
The original Kalashnikov rifle, the AK47, has only 8 moving parts (making for simple disassembly and maintenance), several stamped parts, and large tolerances.
Police said the boys were playing "gangster" with a .25-caliber gun that apparently belongs to their aunt but was in the grandmother's car. The older boy was arrested for felonious assault. The grandmother faces a charge of failing to secure a deadly weapon.
Excerpt: Sedated and hooked up to a respirator, "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato still was able to confess to a burglary that led to the fatal shooting of a cop, a detective testified Monday.
These people appear to honestly be concerned with safety, it would be nice if they would think out their plan before announcing it with such obvious major flaws.
Guns are used to kill two out of every three homicide victims in the United States, and new research shows that easy-access guns in the home make a difference. Homicide rates are highest in states where more households have guns, the national survey concludes.
Public relations mishaps and communication crises can happen any time, any where. Just ask Plaxico Burress, the Giants and NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. By now the entire world knows that Burress was hanging out at the wrong place at the wrong time.
A US gun company will market a pistol to elderly Americans that will be subsidised by the government in the same way as a wheelchair or walking frame.
For the first time in 25 years, people will be able to carry loaded, concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges under a new rule approved by the Bush administration today.
The Bush administration on Friday struck down federal regulations banning loaded guns in most national forests, a move that was widely seen as a parting shot on behalf of the National Rifle Association.
America needs to ban guns - for children. There are several stories in the news about children and firearms that show the need for a total ban on guns being placed in the hands of children.
Authorities said a husband-and-wife burglary team robbed about 60 homes and deputies discovered 100 guns at the home of the man accused of selling the stolen loot online.
Gun sellers say the election of Barack Obama is helping them avoid the recession. Sales of new guns are booming - up an estimated 50 percent in the suburbs.
TACOMA, Wash. -- A 15-year-old boy was arrested in north Tacoma Wednesday for allegedly pointing toy guns at passersby while perched in a tree, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. The boy allegedly had both a toy pistol and a toy rifle.
Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe said police are ineffective, outnumbered or don't care about the increase in crime in his north St. Louis ward.
"The world watched in horror as the terrorists prowled and murdered for hours through the streets of a major city in India. The mayhem went all but unabated. No one tried to stop them -- because no one could stop them. None of the citizens were armed.
ST. LOUIS - A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property. What do you think?
Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday.
The NRA spent a lot of money this year, why is it not getting more bang ofr its buck.
The shooting occurred in a crowded toy store on the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but authorities say it wasn't related to the bargain-hunting frenzy.
A Pennsylvania woman who works as a babysitter is upset because she had her concealed weapons permit revoked. Her license was revoked after she wore her gun on her hip for all to see at her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game.
The underlying argument for gun control seems to be that the availability of guns causes crime. By extension, the availability of any weapon would have to be viewed as a cause of crime. What does the Bible say about such a view?
More on the "anti-China attacks." The US government should have complained when Green Day released "American Idiot." One thing is certain: no China tour for Axl.
Gun owners in Central Maine seem to be responding in much the same way that others are across the United States: with fear, under the assumption that acquiring a gun, especially a semi-automatic, is about to become much more difficult under the democrats. Why?