Gun Rights
Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum
The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns - a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented.
DOJ weighs banning transgender people from owning firearms
The Justice Department is weighing options for limiting the right to own a gun for transgender people.
11-year-old boy fatally shot in Houston after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell-ringing prank, police say
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said Sunday.
Authorities are looking for a motive for the shooter who killed 2 kids at a Minneapolis church
Investigators were examining the videos, writings and movements of the shooter who fired through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 people, for connections to the church and its school to understand the motivation for the attack.
2 officers killed and a 3rd is wounded in a Utah shooting, authorities say
Two police officers were shot and killed in a northern Utah city and a man was taken into custody, authorities said Monday.
Biden judge: ‘I freak out around guns’
The federal judge deciding on President Trump's takeover of Washington's police department said Friday that she has a problem with firearms.
GOP state attorneys general join gun rights groups’ lawsuit to repeal National Firearms Act
Fifteen Republican state attorneys general joined Second Amendment groups that went to court last month to strike down the National Firearms Act.
Man who fired a shotgun outside a New York synagogue gets 10 years in prison
A man who fired a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue with dozens of children inside shortly after the start of the Israel-Hamas war was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 10 years in prison.
Shooter attacked CDC headquarters to protest COVID-19 vaccines
The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines, authorities said Tuesday.
Shooter kills 3 in a Target parking lot in Austin, Texas, before being captured, police say
A gunman opened fire Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas' capital, killing two adults and a child before stealing two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.
New hate crime charges filed in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers, raising death penalty potential
D.C. federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed federal hate crime and murder charges against the man accused of gunning down two Israeli Embassy staffers this spring, giving the Justice Department the option to pursue the death penalty in the case.
Army sergeant arrested after five soldiers shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia
An Army sergeant opened fire inside Fort Stewart, Georgia, and wounded five other soldiers before being arrested Wednesday morning, military officials said.
Mourners honor the NYPD officer killed in the attack at the NFL headquarters building
Mourners packed a New York mosque on Thursday to honor a Bangladesh-born police officer who embraced the job of protecting his adopted city and gave his life for it when a gunman opened fire in an office building this week.
Bystander with gun helped end rampage at Michigan Walmart that wounded 11
Michigan authorities said Sunday that an armed civilian and other bystanders helped end a knife-wielding man's attack that began inside a Walmart and wounded 11 people.
Feds charge 3 D.C. teens as adults for Capitol Hill robberies
Three D.C. juveniles are facing federal charges as adults in connection with a robbery spree in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in December.
Suspect arrested after University of New Mexico dorm shooting leaves 1 dead
A shooting early Friday at a University of New Mexico dormitory killed a 14-year-old boy, wounded a 19-year-old and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of students and a campuswide search for the suspect, who has since been taken into custody.
1 dead, 1 wounded, suspect at large in University of New Mexico dorm shooting
Two people were shot, one fatally, Friday at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where authorities said the suspect remains at large. They shut down the campus and told students to shelter in place.
Bold and Blunt: Women are buying up guns
There's a new Second Amendment trend in America and it's one that goes like this: Women are becoming a very frequent customer for gun sales' shops.
Family of slain congressional intern experiences dark side of the nation’s capital
Tamara Tarpinian-Jachym struggles to understand how her son Eric lost his life in a random act of violence in the District, a city the young man had come to love during his internship on Capitol Hill.
Man charged with killing Minnesota lawmaker plans to plead not guilty
A Minnesota man plans to plead not guilty to charges he killed the top Democratic leader in the state House and her husband after wounding another lawmaker and his wife, his attorney said.
