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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether New York’s gun laws violate the second amendment. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

It’s the U.S. Supreme Court’s biggest guns case in more than a decade, a dispute over whether New York’s law violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.”

On the other hand, several justices voiced concerns that a broad ruling in favor of gun rights could threaten restrictions on firearms in subways, bars, stadiums and other places where people gather.

The tragedy that unfolded on a New Mexico movie set when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer, has led to calls for fundamental change in Hollywood

The Manhattan DA says the doorman was selling guns from the West 55th Street building where he worked, after they were smuggled from the South along the so-called “iron pipeline.” The man allegedly sold 80 guns and ammo to an NYPD detective.

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.

After speaking with gun safety experts, state and local leaders on Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced his five-part strategy to curb the spike in gun violence, including bolstering background check protocols, investing in community violence interventions and cracking down on gun dealers who skirt gun laws. “If you willfully sell a gun to someone who’s prohibited from possessing it, if...

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.

A Philadelphia man who was found with a loaded handgun at a New Jersey airport over the weekend was the 11th person this year to have been caught trying to travel with a firearm. That’s the same number of guns found at Newark International Airport in 2019, but air travels have significantly dropped this year, according to the Transportation Security…

They call themselves “patriot women” who are fiercely pro-gun. They see the 2020 election as a referendum on their 2nd amendment rights. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

A man whose phone number was found in the pocket of one of the assailants who killed a police officer and, later, three people in a kosher grocery store in Jersey City last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to an unrelated weapons offense. Ahmed A-Hady’s connection to shooter David Anderson provided a tantalizing lead in the days after authorities say...

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.