Guns & Weapons

Before Israel’s offensive against Iran, experts had warned that the only way to destroy the Fordo nuclear fuel enrichment plant, which is buried deep inside a mountain, was with a bunker-busting bomb. Here’s what to know.

The court also decided against taking up a significant election case involving mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that pitted Republicans against Democrats.

Gun control groups condemned the move as “a dangerous backroom deal spearheaded by Trump’s general counsel” that “effectively legalized machine guns.”

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow people to sue Connecticut-based gun businesses on claims they violate or help others get around existing gun laws. Proponents say the measure is meant to hold gun stores and other businesses accountable when they don’t take “reasonable measures” to ensure firearms don’t end up in the wrong hands. “What we’re really...

Lawmakers are once again considering a bill meant to toughen Connecticut’s gun laws. It wouldn’t change our existing laws, but it would make it easier to sue companies accused of breaking or ignoring current rules.

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a federal law requiring young adults to be 21 to buy handguns, finding it violated the Second Amendment.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released a report Wednesday saying its agents confiscated 6,678 firearms at airport checkpoints in 2024.

A 13-year-old in Chicago takes his father’s pistol out of a lockbox and removes the magazine from the weapon. He shows the gun to a neighbor the same age, and pretends to fire it several times.

Police said Luigi Mangione used a type of homemade weapon, called a ghost gun, in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Authorities talk about the prevalence of ghost guns in Connecticut.

The man arrested Monday in connection to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was allegedly in possession of a type of homemade weapon known as a “ghost gun.”

A man concealed items inside shipping containers in Long Beach that were bound for North Korea, federal authorities say.

A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores.