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The Justice Department challenged laws aimed at popular rifles including the AR-15 in the nation’s capital. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington The Trump administration sued Washington, D.C., ...

The Trump administration is suing the local government of Washington, DC, over its gun laws, alleging that restrictions on certain semiautomatic weapons run afoul of Second Amendment rights. The US ...

Parents have been charged after their 2-year-old child arrived at a Sugar Land day care with a gun, officials said Tuesday. Sugar Land police responded to the Primrose School of Greatwood after day ...

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The suspect, Shane C.L. Newman, was charged with attempt to commit murder. Dramatic police body-camera video released by officials captured the moment an accused shoplifter allegedly pulled a handgun ...

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A shoplifting suspect is accused of trying to shoot a police officer at a Walmart in Ohio, as seen in a chilling bodycam video. On Thursday afternoon, a Canton police officer arrested Shane Newman, 21 ...

Body camera video captured the moments a suspected shoplifter at a Walmart in Canton, Ohio, pulled a gun and attempt to fire it at an officer. The gun did not discharge and the 21-year-old man was ...

The proliferation of illegal firearms from the United States has fueled a spike in gun violence in Canada, where most guns used in crimes are smuggled across the border. By Norimitsu Onishi Reporting ...