Handguns

An appeals court in Chicago has ruled that the federal, state or local government can require all citizens to register their firearms under penalty of law.

An electronics store owner who shot and killed two robbers in a gunfight regretted none of it but his scars. A pet store owner who did the same and briefly became a neighborhood hero closed his shop, moved on to other work and tried to forget.

Armed men seen mixing with protesters outside recent events held by President Obama acted within the law, the White House said Tuesday, attempting to allay fears of a security threat.

A 23-year-old Milwaukee man was being robbed at gunpoint when he pulled out his own gun and fatally shot one of the suspects.

A man is in the Colbert County jail after he was accused of breaking into a home where the owner fired a shot at him.

Burglaries and robberies continue to hit the metro. This time, an intruder was shot at by a West Fargo homeowner.

About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday -- the latest incidents in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president.

A proposed resolution set to go before the Belleview City Commission urges the head of every household in the city to have a gun in order to protect their families and to keep the peace in an emergency.

Last week, United States and Mexican government officials signed an agreement concerning cross-border drug crimes, an agreement with implications for gun dealers along the U.S.-Mexican border.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said that a criminal defendant may not be allowed to present a Second Amendment defense to a federal jury in Utah. The excuse: Alleged domestic violence.

Sometimes they shoot, and sometimes they kill. Thanks to Stand your ground law that says citizens can shoot if faced with a violent attacker.

Frightening is how Dr. Nancy Snyderman described it when MSNBC spotted a man openly carrying a holstered handgun near a New Hampshire town hall meeting where President Obama was scheduled to speak.

Three months after officers with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided a mobile home on Hosford Bridge Road and seized 14 guns, the home's owner still has many questions.

A gun store clerk is shot to death in a robbery/homicide, but because the clerk was able to shoot back, at least one of the robbers was apprehended and brought to justice after being forced to check himself into a hospital for treatment.

A wounded burglary suspect is arrested after checking himself into a hospital for gun-shot treatment.

A St. Louis man was shot twice after he allegedly broke into the home where his ex-girlfriend was staying Tuesday. The homeowner used a gun to defend himself and the ex-girlfriend, police said.