In 1994, the federal government passed a law that effectively banned the manufacture or sale of assault-style weapons for civilian use. This ban expired in 2004, however, and in the years since, ...

Handguns – specifically semi-automatic pistols – have ranked as the best selling type of firearm in the United States for over a decade. Though handguns have outsold rifles nearly every year since ...

As the gunman fled down an alley after the deadly mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in suburban Chicago, an object fell from his black bag. It was a high-powered Smith & Wesson M&P 15 ...