Guns & Weapons

Massachusetts ranks as the safest state in the country for its low rate of gun deaths, according to the Annual Gun Law Scorecard from the GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. According to the report, Massachusetts has 3.7 gun deaths per 100,000, the lowest rate in the country. It also ranked as having the fifth strongest gun laws in...

A 13-year-old in Chicago takes his father’s pistol out of a lockbox and removes the magazine from the weapon. He shows the gun to a neighbor the same age, and pretends to fire it several times.

The man charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City is alleged to have used a homemade “ghost gun” amid growing concern over the untraceable firearms. “You can get the parts online, you can get a 3D printer and within a couple of hours with some limited expertise the same way you put together furniture...

The man arrested Monday in connection to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was allegedly in possession of a type of homemade weapon known as a “ghost gun.”

A man concealed items inside shipping containers in Long Beach that were bound for North Korea, federal authorities say.

The fight over the fate of a sweeping new gun law expanded to another front late last week with a second lawsuit challenging the measure’s constitutionality. Gino Recchia and the Bellingham gun shop he owns, Mass Armament, filed a complaint in federal court Friday, alleging that sections of the new law updating the definition of assault-style firearms run afoul...

A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores.