Handguns

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.

New Hampshire state law is pretty clear about protecting its citizens' rights to carry firearms in public. Carrying a pistol or revolver openly is permitted without a license; carrying a concealed weapon requires a license from the state or local police. William Kostric took advantage of that law on Tuesday to show up outside President Obama's Portsmouth, N.H. town hall meeting and hold a sign saying It Is Time To Water The Tree Of Liberty.

A resident shot and killed an intruder in southwest Bakersfield after the suspect shot the resident twice, a Bakersfield Police official said.

A Wisconsin nursery owner detains a thief-in-the-night with a .22 caliber revolver, and helps the authorities apprehend the suspect.

Nearly 100 people crowded into a small room on the warm summer evening to listen intently to the message conveyed by Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona. A career in law enforcement led Mack to the conclusion that the county sheriff is our nation's last line of defense for the preservation and return to fundamental and individual liberty.