But the government plays an important role in regulating the sale and use of guns. The public is closely divided over whether it’s more important to protect the rights of Americans to own guns or to ...

Explaining some of the key statistics behind gun ownership and attacks linked to guns in the US. Police have identified the suspect, who is also among the dead, as a 15-year-old female student.

But mass shootings remain a rare occurrence. Only a small fraction of the nation’s nearly 130,000 schools report gun incidents each year. By Troy Closson Gun violence on school grounds has seen ...

British troops have test-fired the UK’s first-ever laser gun attached to a fighting vehicle, aimed at smashing enemy drones out of the sky. The high-energy weapon, fired by the British Army from ...

Why Trust Us? Archaeologists excavating a Spanish stone-and-adobe structure in Arizona uncovered a 480-year-old gun. Experts believe the “wall gun” was associated with the Coronado expedition.

Fresh off a term in which many of its biggest decisions considered U.S. politics, the high court in 2025 is expected to rule on issues ranging from guns and gender-affirming care to disability ...

The US Congress has passed a gun control bill - the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. It imposes tougher checks on young buyers and encourages states to remove guns from ...

But 3D-printed guns vary a lot. Some models — like the 3D-printed gun company Defense Distributed’s “Liberator” — can be made almost entirely on a 3D printer. Others require many additional parts, ...