Firearms

A shortage of ammunition in the U.S. is having an impact on law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters.

A shortage of ammunition in the U.S. is having an impact on law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters.

Efforts to impose restrictions on firearms will soon have a supporter in the White House.

Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores.

Federal authorities have charged a 55 year old Indiana man with illegally selling dozens of handguns and assault rifles in the Chicago area. Investigators say Wayne Adam Tucker of Albion, Indiana has been charged with one count of dealing firearms without a license, and one count of distribution of a controlled substance. During a brief court appearance in federal court…

Federal authorities have charged a 55 year old Indiana man with illegally selling dozens of handguns and assault rifles in the Chicago area. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has the story.

The number of background checks for firearms in the month of April remained high amid fears from the coronavirus pandemic.

Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year. The firearms industry says people are rushing to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates’ calls for tighter restrictions. By the end of November, more than 25.4 million background checks – generally seen as a strong indicator of gun sales – had...

Hundreds of guns stolen from a UPS distribution center in Tennessee were discovered in a Chicago-area parking lot on Sunday, according to police, who said one of the men suspected of transporting the weapons remained at large.

YouTube has updated its policies regarding videos featuring firearms. The company will now prohibit videos made to sell certain firearms and firearm accessories, as well as videos that demonstrate how to manufacture or install certain types of accessories, such as bump stocks, high-capacity magazines and silencers.

Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer died last month after being shot 6 times, twice in the head, according to autopsy results released today by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The gun used in the slaying of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer had its origins at a gun store in Wisconsin 7 years ago, passing through multiple owners before it found its way into the hands of Shomari Legghette, who was charged last week with Bauer’s murder.

A Florida high school student captured the sounds of gunfire erupting nearby while hiding in a classroom.

A man was charged Monday with providing the gun used to kill two Ohio policemen, as the officers’ bodies were escorted in a procession to funeral homes in the suburban community they served. Gerald Lawson, 30, of suburban Cleveland, is accused of buying the handgun for shooting suspect Quentin Smith last summer. Smith gave Lawson the money to buy the...

Devin Patrick Kelley, the shooter who killed 26 people in a Texas church, was court-martialed in 2014 while in the Air Force for domestic assault after he beat and choked his wife and fractured his infant stepson’s skull. He also sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, authorities said. He’s not the first mass shooter with links to domestic violence....

According to federal prosecutors a $3 million lottery winner pleaded guilty to using his prize to invest in a crystal meth ring, NBC News reported. Ronnie Music Jr., 45, bought the drugs with his 2015 winnings and wanted to supply them to others who would resell them at a profit, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District...