AR-15

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI but then received a pardon, suggested earlier this month he would use a gifted AR-15 rifle to shoot someone in Washington, D.C. In a video posted on Twitter, Flynn is seen on stage with a group of people. A man also standing on stage explained...

Teenagers are accused of breaking into an apartment in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to steal luxury sneakers while armed with an AR-15.

Biden’s executive actions include directing the DOJ to craft a rule addressing the spread of “ghost guns” and publish model red-flag legislation for states.

Nearly three years before a gunman walked into a crowded supermarket with an AR-15 style weapon and killed 10 people, the city of Boulder, Colorado, banned assault weapons in hopes of preventing a mass shooting

A man with an AR-15 rifle and two others robbed a Papa John’s in Maryland in what appears to have been part of an hours-long crime spree. Surveillance video from Sunday around 2:30 p.m. shows a man walk into the pizza shop on East West Highway in Silver Spring as a lookout. Then two other men walk in behind...

A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing criminal cases tied to one of America’s most popular weapons. At issue is whether a key piece of the AR-15 satisfies the definition of a gun that prosecutors have long relied on. That definition is critical in pursuit of people who are charged...

Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year. The firearms industry says people are rushing to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates’ calls for tighter restrictions. By the end of November, more than 25.4 million background checks – generally seen as a strong indicator of gun sales – had...

The gun used in a shooting at Saugus High School that left three students dead and three others injured was a kit gun, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a tweet Thursday.

A pregnant woman in Florida defended her home with a legally-owned rifle, killing one invader and causing the other to flee the property.

A pregnant woman in Florida defended her home with a legally-owned rifle, killing one invader and causing the other to flee the property.

A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Sunday morning, according to court documents.

A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Saturday morning, according to court documents.

A pregnant woman defended her home in Lithia, Florida, with a legally-owned semi-automatic rifle when two invaders broke in and began attacking her husband.

Bruce Sartwell was taken into custody at his home in East Bridgewater Wednesday morning. The 48-year-old, who goes by the nickname Monster, is the regional president of the Brockton/East Bridgewater Chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

A member of an outlaw motorcycle gang was arrested Wednesday for allegedly possessing an AR-15 style rifle not registered to him after federal authorities raided his East Bridgewater, Massachusetts home, according to authorities and court documents.

A Maine candidate for Congress is trying an unusual, controversial way to raise money. Former Republican state Sen. Eric Brakey is raffling off an AR-15 rifle to anyone who signs up to make monthly donations to his campaign.

A candidate for Congress in Maine is trying to raise money by raffling off an AR-15 rifle.

Commissioner Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball will look into a politicized tweet by umpire Rob Drake that referenced a rifle and critics of President Donald Trump. Drake posted this message to Twitter on Tuesday: “I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020”

Six months after a gunman killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques, New Zealand’s government is planning further restrictions to gun ownership. A bill introduced to Parliament on Friday would create a register to track all the guns in the country and require gun owners to renew their gun licenses every five years instead of every 10. It would also...

A Texas man is the first person to be charged under a federal ban on bump stocks, devices that allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire rapidly like a machine gun, the Justice Department said Thursday.