Handgun owners carrying daily in US doubled in 4 years; self-protection cited as main reason: study
The number of respondents to the online survey who said they had carried a gun in the last month also nearly doubled from 9 million to 16 million in 2015.
Federal appeals court gives reprieve to New York's gun law
A federal appeals court in Manhattan allowed New York to continue enforcing its new gun law as it considers a lower court ruling that would block key provisions.
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.
Historical battle re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law
Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire because of worries over the state's new gun rules — an unplanned side effect of a law designed to protect the public's safety.
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.
'Gun Free Zone': Judge declines to block New York's new gun rules
A federal judge declined to block New York's new gun rules a day before they are set to go into effect. The NYPD has begun posting signs proclaiming the iconic tourist destination Times Square as a "Gun Free Zone."
Times Square area to be labeled a 'Gun Free Zone'
"Gun free zone" signs will be posted at every entry point leading into the Times Square area this week, the NYPD says. But first the city needs to clearly define Times Square.
New NY gun law applicants have to provide social media accounts
A new gun law that goes into effect in New York on Thursday will require applicants for a concealed carry permit to provide a list of social media accounts for the past three years as part of the review process.
'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.
NY and NJ lawmakers debate new gun laws
The gun control debate is front and center in state capitols across the country in response to the high school massacre in Florida. But partisan politics have already put New York and New Jersey on separate paths. Two weeks after the Parkland shooting, New Jersey is now poised to become one of the first states to pass so-called red flag laws to allow a judge to temporarily take guns away from anyone who appears to pose a threat to society. Democrats in the New York Senate are also pushing to immediately adopt stricter gun control rules, including closing loopholes on bump stocks, which make high-powered rifles fire faster. But state Republicans blocked that push, for now, instead focusing on efforts to add more safety and armed personnel to potential targets, like schools.
NYC alumni stand behind Parkland students
The alumni of the Florida high school that was the scene of a horrific massacre are educated, motivated, and determined to make a difference. They say they just can't sit on the sidelines anymore and will do everything in their power to create change. Alumni of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who now live in New York organized a meeting in Manhattan Monday evening to honor the 17 victims of the shooting. They are mobilizing to support the students in Florida.