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A Rhode Island man found with an arsenal of more than 200 guns at his home along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and a flamethrower has agreed to plead guilty to some federal charges, according to court documents. At a date to be determined, Ronald Andruchuk, 38, will plead guilty to lying to authorities in order to purchase guns…

A student brought a gun to Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and was arrested on Wednesday, police said. The student was spotted by another one, who had texted a parent sying they believed they saw the 14-year-old with a gun, according to the Lawrence Police Department. The student was found by the department’s school resource officer after the...

Police discovered a cache of weapons in a hospital closet, and the man facing charges for it is the hospital marketing director. Anjali Hemphill reports.

Police responding to a bomb threat at a New Jersey hospital discovered a massive weapons cache hidden inside an employee’s unlocked closet that contained more than three dozen firearms, according to police.

A 13-year-old was arrested Monday after Boston police made a traffic stop and discovered the underage driver with a loaded gun, according to police. Police said officers with the Youth Violence Strike Force tried to pull over a vehicle on Columbia Road when they realized the registration and vehicle did not match. At first the driver refused to stop, according…

A Winthrop, Massachusetts man was arraigned Tuesday on accusations he was pointing a replica assault weapon at people during preparations for the Fourth of July in town on Saturday. Gregory Gill, 23, faces two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. He was arrested Saturday by Winthrop police and arraigned Tuesday at the East Boston Division of Boston Municipal Court….

The gun safety legislation makes changes to background checks for young gun buyers and increases funding for mental health programs.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York state law that had restricted who could obtain a permit to carry a gun in public. Under the law in place since 1913, New York residents needed to show proper cause, or an actual need, to carry a concealed handgun in public for self-defense. The justices said that law…

The Supreme Court has overturned the New York State gun law that that restricts who can carry a firearm in public in a 6-3 decision

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he is “comfortable” with the contours of a bipartisan deal on gun legislation and will back it if the measure “ends up reflecting what the framework indicates.”  “I’m comfortable with the framework and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates, I’ll be supporting” it, McConnell said. The powerful Republican’s...

A 2-year old boy fatally shot his father in an accident after finding a gun, and the boy’s mother is now facing criminal charges, authorities in Florida said Monday

The owner of a small business in central Vermont has changed his policy around assault-style rifles — no longer selling them following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas and another investigation that hit close to home. At Gold And Silver Thrift, a pawn shop in Barre, owner Craig McDermott still stocks pistols and hunting rifles — but he said he…

Daniel Defense, a Georgia gun manufacturer, will not attend the National Rifle Association convention in Texas because of the mass shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde.

Gun control measures are likely going nowhere in Congress, and they also have become increasingly scarce in most states.

In the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, politicians on both sides of the aisle have lobbed angry barbs about gun policies — including Beto O’Rourke’s angry confrontation of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a news conference. While some say that now isn’t the time for politics, NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky explains why politics is...

In 2021, Texas passed a package of gun laws that declared the state a “Second Amendment sanctuary state” and loosened restrictions on carrying handguns in public, among other changes. NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker explains.

The shooter who killed at least 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school used a type of gun that has previously been used in several high-profile mass shootings in recent history.

Gun thefts are up, in part because many more guns are being stolen from cars. “States are not passing laws that require those guns to be stored safely,” and gun purchases are up overall in the last few years, leading to this spike, says Allison Anderman, senior counsel at Giffords.

For under $100, you can buy all the parts for a “ghost gun,” a difficult-to-trace firearm made from parts without serial numbers. The Biden Administration plans to crack down on ghost guns, which make up a small but increasing portion of the guns seized at crime scenes. The fact that ghost guns were made at all is a sign of...

For months, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had been building a case that ultimately traced nearly 300 firearms purchased in Georgia.