US woman arrested in Australia after golden gun found in luggage
The woman, 28, could face up to 10 years in prison after Sydney airport staff found the 24-carat gold-plated gun in her bag.
Georgians call for stricter gun laws
The group is urging Congress to pass The Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2022.
Lawmakers get into hallway shouting match over gun violence as Democrat calls Republicans 'cowards'
Rep. Jamaal Bowman was shouting in front of a throng of reporters before Rep. Thomas Massie challenged him
Congresswoman renews calls for assault weapons ban, gun shops anticipate surge in sales
Rep. Lucy McBath joined Democratic colleagues on Monday in a letter to Republican House leaders asking to let them vote on the ban.
Bill to keep guns away from children fails in Georgia legislative subcommittee
The bill was introduced after more than 85 children and teens were shot in metro Atlanta last year, including a two-year-old victim.
Federal judge rules Missouri gun law is unconstitutional
The Justice Department says the law wreaked havoc with crime-fighting partnerships with Missouri law enforcement. The state's Republican-led legislature passed the law in 2021.
West Virginia governor signs new carry bill, allowing for guns on public college, university campuses
West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses.
Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases
The Supreme Court says it won't take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
Payment processor Visa Inc. says it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops
Payment processor Visa Inc. said late Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops.
After school shootings, are states making classrooms safer?
Here is what several states have done to implement school safety in the wake of the Uvalde elementary school massacre.
2 in 10 Americans report experience with gun violence, AP-NORC poll finds
CDC data has shown a spike in gun violence since the pandemic, with gun-related homicides increasing across the country in large and small metro areas and in rural areas.
'Fund the police': Biden outlines crime plan, pushes assault weapons ban
Democrats and Republicans worked together in a rare effort to pass gun safety legislation earlier this year after massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
Most in US want stricter gun laws, AP-NORC poll finds
The poll found that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
Gun laws across the U.S.
A state-by-state look at gun control and weapons laws across the United States, including background checks, waiting periods, concealed and open carry permits, and assault weapons bans.