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Prosecutors allege Richard McCormick had gun parts, silencers, switchblades, brass knuckles and piles of cash as well.

A toddler found an unsecured, loaded handgun inside an apartment and fatally shot its mother while she was on a work-related video call, police in central Florida said.

In states like Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana, police opposed pushes to drop requirements for people to get background checks and training — as gun sales continued to shatter records during the coronavirus pandemic.

Danish toymaker Lego said Wednesday it had asked a Utah-based gun company to stop producing a product that makes a pistol look like it is covered with the famous multi-colored building brick.

An Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen over the last decade.

The most conservative Supreme Court in nearly a century could deliver two major decisions on abortion and gun rights that pack a political punch just months before next year’s elections. Democrats are bracing for the court’s 6-3 conservative majority to deliver potentially blockbuster defeats but are already preparing to try to turn the losses into victories at the ballot box. Democrats are betting...

The National Rifle Association confirmed that a video going around shows its CEO, Wayne LaPierre, shooting an elephant during a botched hunt. In the nearly 10-minute video, LaPierre fires at the elephant, causing it to drop to the ground. Because the elephant is still alive, LaPierre and the group move closer to it. A guide points to the spot where...

Police said the former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally purchased the two assault rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent that.

A group of gun violence victims in Brooklyn are teaching kids how to avoid going down the same path that left them wheelchair-bound. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories introduces us to the inspiring men behind Wheelchairs Against Guns and learns why they are choosing to use their second chance at life to help others.

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.

In tonight’s NBC 5 Investigates, Phil Rogers gives us an inside glimpse at an incredible mobile crime lab helping agencies fight gun violence in the city of Chicago.

In a giant blue, white, and gold vehicle the size of a semi-trailer truck, technician Summer Dawkins peers into a microscope. “I’m looking at any striations, or firing pin drag marks,” she said, slowly rotating a gleaming shell cartridge in the microscope’s bluish light. Crime scene veterans know that shell casings like that often litter the scenes of some...

A 5-year-old was trapped inside a large gun safe in Howard County, Maryland, on Tuesday and needed to be rescued by the fire department.

NOW NBC 5 INVESTIGATES:
FATHER MICHAEL PFLEGER SAYS THE GUN VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO IS THE WORST HE’S EVER SEEN.
PFLEGER WITNESSED THE AFTERMATH LAST NIGHT.
TONIGHT: HE SAYS THINGS MUST CHANGE.
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PHIL ROGERS HAS MORE FROM THE LIVE DESK…PHIL.
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Two years ago, St. Sabinia pastor Michael Pfleger was so appalled at gun violence in Chicago that he led a march that shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway. “And we don’t see any change in these neighborhoods now — nothing,” Pfleger told NBC 5. “I can’t see one thing in this neighborhood that’s been done that gives me hope.”...

Court documents show the white St. Louis couple who became internationally famous for standing guard with guns outside their mansion during a protest have pulled a weapon before in defense of their property.

Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled by a run on guns from Americans panicked about their safety during the coronavirus crisis.

Gun sales have been on the rise with the largest year-over-year spike since 2016.