OLYMPIA, Wash. — State lawmakers are taking up a new round of gun control legislation and heard public testimony Tuesday morning on several bills that would create new rules around firearms.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition says it collected more than 80,000 signatures in an effort to put the measure on the ballot in November. AUGUSTA — Gun safety advocates turned in petitions ...

Gun-safety advocates are urging state lawmakers to pass a package of new firearm restrictions this session. Multiple firearm-related bills received public hearings Jan. 21, including proposals ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday put a hold on a new three-day waiting period for gun purchases in Maine after reviewing a lawsuit filed against the rule by gun rights groups.

The Republican-controlled chamber approved the measure in a 59-10 vote and sent it to the Senate, despite concerns from some gun violence prevention advocates that it places an unnecessary burden ...

Michigan has new gun and school safety laws on the books after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put her signature on bills Wednesday that passed in the previous legislative session. "Michiganders should feel ...

A newly proposed Washington bill is making gun owners wonder if they will be able to afford to keep their firearms. House Bill 1504, if passed, would require gun owners to cover each firearm ...

The president-elect will witness a 21-gun salute from members of the U.S. military, as he did when he first became president in 2017. The 21-gun salute is a ceremonial tradition symbolizing the ...

A London resident is charged after police say a man pointed a BB-style long gun at a snowplow driver in the west end of the city Thursday. At about 5 a.m., a driver was operating a snowplow at ...

Massachusetts distributed $2 million to local law enforcement, several state agencies and Northeastern University Jan. 31 in an effort to increase gun violence prevention initiatives. The funds were ...

He also sat quietly as his lawyer said for the first time that the “Multiply” rapper was only carrying a “prop gun,” not a loaded semiautomatic pistol, the night he allegedly assaulted a ...