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Virginia man is latest American charged with ammunition possession in Turks and Caicos
The Transportation Safety Administration has admitted it failed to detect bullets in the luggage of American tourists who were later arrested on the Turks and Caicos Islands for possession of ammunition. On Tuesday, another U.S. citizen, who has family in New England, was arrested and detained for the same charge, after stopping on the islands during a cruise. Tyler...
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Virginia man imprisoned in Turks and Caicos
Another U.S. citizen has been arrested in Turks and Caicos for illegal possession of ammunition.
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TSA reviews airport security after Turks and Caicos ammo arrests
The Transportation Security Administration looked into how ammunition made it through U.S. airport security before citizens were arrested with it in Turks and Caicos Islands.
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TSA to conduct review of airport security after Turks and Caicos arrests
After our series of reports on Americans detained on Turks and Caicos for possession of ammunition, U.S. officials say they will investigate how it made it through airport checkpoints in the first place.
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Illegal weapons found after Mass. man choked girlfriend, RI prosecutors say
A Massachusetts man was found with three illegally altered rifles and 62 large-capacity magazines after choking his girlfriend at a home in Rhode Island in May, prosecutors said Tuesday. The weapons and ammunition came to light after Yaran Drawbridge allegedly putting his girlfriend in a chokehold at during a domestic violence incident at a home in Johnston, Rhode Island, on…
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More than 100 guns stolen in Michigan after store manager is forced to reveal alarm code
Authorities say more than 100 handguns were stolen from a Michigan store after the manager was held at gunpoint and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm.
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Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree?
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the issue of “red flag” laws in a Texas case next month.
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Over 60K gun safes recalled after report of 12-year-old's death
Over 60,000 biometric gun safes have been recalled after a lawsuit alleged a 12-year-old was shot and killed.
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Texas official accidentally shoots his grandson at wedding, faces criminal charges
A Texas politician who accidentally shot his grandson during a wedding he was officiating in Nebraska is facing a child abuse charge.
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Texas grandfather arrested after accidentally shooting 12-year-old grandson during wedding
A Texas man was arrested for felony child abuse after firing a gun during a wedding ceremony in Lancaster County, Nebraska, striking his 12-year-old grandson in the shoulder.
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Supreme Court reinstates regulation of ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
The court on Tuesday voted 5-4 to put on hold a ruling from a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Biden administration’s regulation of ghost gun kits.
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Parents charged after 16-month-old boy fatally shot by brother, 5, who tested positive for cocaine
Prosecutors have filed neglect and drug charges against the parents of a 16-month-old boy fatally shot by his 5-year-old brother after the older child found a handgun in their apartment.
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Kansas City teenager Ralph Yarl recounts being shot after he rang the wrong doorbell
Ralph Yarl tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he never thought he would be shot even after the white man at the door he had mistakenly gone to in Kansas City pointed a gun at him.
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6-year-old Detroit boy shoots 1-year-old twice with gun he found, police say
The 1-year-old, who was shot in the cheek and shoulder, survived. Police called for those with guns to secure their weapons.
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Virginia Judge Strikes Down Federal Law Banning Sale of Handguns to Adults Under 21
The judge’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that changed the test courts have long used to evaluate challenges to firearm restrictions.
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Drugs, Guns and Crypto Seized, 288 Arrested, in ‘Unprecedented' Dark Web Crackdown
Operation SpecTor took down the darknet site Monopoly Market and resulted in the arrests of 288 suspects who sold drugs and other goods for crypto.
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Canadian Government Proposes Ban on Assault-Style Firearms
The Canadian government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force.
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Bedroom Bazooka, ‘Culling': New Details on Mass. Guardsman Accused of Doc Leak
An “arsenal” of weapons, including a bazooka, AR- and AK-style rifles and tactical gear – that’s just some of what federal investigators say they found in the bedroom of 21-year-old Jack Teixeira. Teixeira is the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman facing upwards of 25 years in prison accused of posting classified documents online. Federal prosecutors dropped nearly 50 pages of documents,…
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New Details in Case Against Alleged Documents Leaker
Prosecutors wrote that Jack Teixeira, who owned multiple guns, repeatedly had “detailed and troubling discussions about violence and murder”
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Washington Governor Expected to Sign Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban Passed by State Legislature
A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles has cleared the Democratic-controlled Washington state Legislature. Gov. Jay Inslee has pushed for the ban and is expected to sign it into law.