NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey would mandate safety courses in order to get a gun permit, require lockboxes for out-of-use firearms and change state law to hold firearm makers liable for harm...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new FBI-led task force will work with police in Portland, Oregon, to build cases against people responsible for an increase in shootings.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — There was healing in the swing of a hammer at Boulder Mennonite Church on Good Friday.

Dozens of community members gathered for a vigil to pray, reflect and remember 10...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A man shot to death his 9-year-old son and seven relatives of his two wives before killing himself Monday in southwestern Iran, state media reported.

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area police detectives on a gun violence reduction team fatally shot an armed man they were attempting to arrest, authorities said.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Democrat-led Senate committee on Wednesday released two bills outlawing high-capacity magazines and requiring anyone wanting to buy a handgun to first obtain a permit from the...

Maryland legislators have introduced a bill that would expand prohibitions and penalties in an effort to prevent an unsupervised minor from accessing a firearm.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man working on a video about gun violence was shot and killed in Philadelphia, police said.

Police were called to the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood around 8 p.m....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly said Tuesday he had “no idea” whether more background checks for gun purchases would make people safer and there was little the...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said last week he’d move quickly to seek $2 million to bring back a uniformed police patrol team to address a significant gun violence increase....

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A proposal to ban build-your-own weapons known as “ghost guns” is sparking passionate for-and-against arguments in the Nevada Legislature, just over three years after Las...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia officials held the first of a series of planned biweekly briefings on efforts to stem surging violence in the city, which has seen a drastic increase this year in...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s mayor on Friday called for action after three separate shootings in one day left three people dead and six others injured.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Democrat-led Senate has passed a bill that would require gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to law enforcement or face a $25 fine for a first...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Portland's soaring rate of gun violence and deaths is a “public safety crisis,” one in which the FBI intends to try to stem with local law enforcement, the new head of the FBI's...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis are investigating a shooting that killed a 9-year-old boy.

The shooting happened around 10 p.m. Sunday in a residential area south of downtown, police...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers heard from Second Amendment advocates and gun violence activists on a bill that would require firearms to be safely stored when they are not in use to keep them...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz has announced his selection for program manager of his initiative to curb gun violence in the Ohio city.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police said Friday they’ve created a specialized team of officers and detectives to focus full time on shooting investigations in response to a jump in gun violence...

Police investigators are looking into whether a Yale graduate student shot to death over the weekend in Connecticut was a targeted victim in a road rage incident that possibly occurred after a car...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s largest city has ordered a curfew for young people in a bid to curb crime.

The curfew for all Jackson residents under 18 went into effect...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence has reported a higher number of shootings and homicides in 2020.

The Providence Police Department reported that there were 18 homicides and that 73 people...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Councilman Eric Bunch said Tuesday that Police Chief Rick Smith should resign or be fired because “he is not doing the job we need him to do.”

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 13-year-old Milwaukee girl fatally shot over the weekend lost her brother to gun violence in 2017.

Nevaeha Ware had dreams of becoming a doctor, telling Journal Sentinel...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City recorded 180 homicide victims in 2020, the highest number of killings in a single year in its history, as gun violence surged nationwide.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Birmingham mayor and police chief are asking the public for help after the city saw more than 100 homicides in 2020 with more than half of those remaining unsolved....

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s have taken three men into custody in connection with a weekend outbreak of gun violence in suburban Altadena.

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The 20 children and six educators killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School were remembered Monday on the eighth anniversary of the massacre during an online...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two teenagers have been injured in a shooting in The Gate District of St. Louis, police there said.

The shooting happened around 9 p.m. Thursday along Rutger Street, a...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A mother fatally shot her 5-year-old son before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide early Wednesday in a south St. Louis neighborhood, police said.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston police on Monday identified the victim of a Friday shooting that is part of a rash of gun violence that injured 10 others in recent days.

SEATTLE (AP) — Shooting deaths and injuries increased in the first nine months of the year in King County, Washington state said, which prosecutors attributed in part to uncertainty and anxiety...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford police said Saturday that they seized six firearms and arrested seven people on weapons charges as the city takes aim at escalating gun violence.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 15-year-old St. Louis boy is dead following a shooting.

The shooting happened Thursday afternoon in St. Louis' Greater Ville neighborhood. Police on Friday identified the...

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The number of reports of gunshots called in to the Meriden police department this year is the highest in the last decade, officials said.