A month after Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the state's tough new gun laws, law enforcement officials still are struggling to keep up with the surge in pistol permits while firearms vendors are trying to cope with being unable to sell certain weapons. "I ...

DENVER - Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional. The lawsuit involves sheriffs from 54 of Colorado's 64 coun ...

SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers advanced measures related to firearms and violence Thursday, including two introduced after the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. One would require gun owners to keep their firearms locked away ...

NEW BRITAIN-- Stag Arms unveiled a new .22LR rifle Thursday that the company feels will be legal in Connecticut. The revamped firearm will have lower firepower than the traditional AR-15, which uses .223 caliber bullets. Mark Malkowski, president and ...

[caption id="attachment_1657" align="alignright" width="300"] (File Photo)[/caption]WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control ...

The "Come and Take It" bill, the softer of two measures that would prohibit using any state money to enforce new federal gun laws in the Lone Star State, was approved Tuesday by the Texas House. Named for the Texas army's storied reply when Mexican f ...

MILFORD, Conn. - A man whose 6-year-old son was among those killed in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre was scheduled to appear in Connecticut Superior Court Wednesday on larceny and other charges. Neil Heslin, who has lobbied Congress a ...

The number of violent crimes involving guns has plummeted in the last two decades, but more than half of Americans think the opposite is true, according to reports released Tuesday. Killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes involving guns have d ...

WASHINGTON - Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers. With Congress ...

A Colorado firearms company has found a new home across the border in Wyoming, protesting the passage of restrictive gun laws during a week in which the National Rifle Association convention vowed to continue repelling further gun control measures. H ...