Do you know the proper way to tell a police officer you are armed during a traffic stop?

As more Georgians have the opportunity to carry due a new law passed last year, so is the need to educate more people on the best way to interact with an officer.

Georgia youth football team gun raffle raises concern

The football team is raffling off a gun and that had some people concerned enough to call FOX 5 for answers.

Mother of Virginia 6-year-old who shot teacher to remain free on bond after failing drug tests

Despite multiple failed drug tests, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors Thursday to revoke the bond of the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia as she awaits sentencing on a federal weapons charge that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm.

School shootings reach all-time high — again

The U.S. has had 30 school shootings so far this year, with 16 people killed and 32 injured. Twelve of those deaths were students or other children.

New Mexico governor's suspension of right to public carry guns sparks demonstrations

Some demonstrators defiantly wore holstered handguns on their hips or carried assault rifles in a rally by gun-rights advocates, protesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s surprise order to suspend for 30 days the right to carry firearms after two children were recently killed in separate shootings.

New Mexico governor's order suspends the right to carry guns in public across Albuquerque

Albuquerque's police chief said he won't enforce it, and the county sheriff said he's uneasy about it because it raises too many questions about constitutional rights.

Mass shootings spark different laws as states split between gun rights and control

The number of states enacting gun legislation has climbed this year. The move signals an ongoing nationwide debate about balancing the right to bear arms and curbing gun violence.

Parkland parents bring 23 buses to NRA's Virginia headquarters for gun control demonstration

Twenty-three empty school buses were parked outside the National Rifle Association headquarters in Virginia as part of a gun control demonstration led by the parents of a Parkland school shooting victim.

Man shot 8 times waiting in Cook Out drive-thru; Family pushing for stricter gun laws

A Gwinnett County family is speaking out about gun violence after one of their family members was brutally shot while waiting in the drive-thru line at a Cook Out restaurant earlier this week.

Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

The Supreme Court is reinstating a regulation aimed at reining in the proliferation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that have been turning up at crime scenes across the nation in increasing numbers.

Police targeting illegal guns on Atlanta streets

Criminals use so-called switches and converter devices to turn legal weapons into machine guns.

Parents of Parkland high school mass shooting victim bring bus to Atlanta

A school bus made the rounds Wednesday in metro Atlanta, but there were no students on board. It's a big yellow plea to curb gun violence.

5 of the 10 busiest days ever at Atlanta's airport have happened this year

The summer travel season is beginning to take off which means the men and women on the front lines of airport security are feeling it as passengers pack airports and planes.

Gun expert offers free safety seminars in DeKalb County this weekend

A gun expert says a lot of gun violence is the result of carelessness. That’s why he is on a mission to educate his community on gun safety.

Federal court deals blow to ATF pistol brace rule ahead of gun accessory registration deadline

Gun rights groups argue the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lacks the authority to force millions of gun owners to register their weapons equipped with stabilizing braces.