gun control

President Obama's executive order on gun control has left many communities wondering what effect it will have on them. Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn hopes to see less gun-running into the area through the use of more uniform regulations on gun dealers nationwide...

BOSTON (AP) _ Attorney General Maura Healey is calling President Barack Obama's efforts to tighten controls on guns a step in the right direction, but she says Congress must do more. Healey said Tuesday that while Massachusetts already has strict gun laws, tougher measures are needed to stanch the flow of weapons from other states...

President Obama is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the nine people killed in the shooting at an Oregon community college. American flags will be lowered at the White House and all public buildings and military installations across the country through Tuesday...

Here we go again. Another mass shooting shattered the lives of students at Umpqua Community College, their families, friends and everyone of conscience. This crazed killer has been identified and one of his motives was to kill Christians. He forced innocent people to lye down and then told them, one by one, to stand up and state their religion...

A new law signed by Democratic California  this week  will let family members ask a judge to temporarily take guns and other firearms from a relative if they appear to pose a threat. That provision of the law is a first in the country, while another, which lets law enforcement go directly to a judge to get guns from people they believe to be a danger, is already legal in Connecticut, Indiana and T

Starting today, some employees of the Huntington Independent School District in Lufkin, Texas will be carrying loaded weapons on campus.

Gov. Deval Patrick is again appealing to Massachusetts lawmakers to approve his sweeping gun control bill.

State lawmakers will have plenty on their plates when they ramp up activity after Labor Day.       The House and Senate have not met formally since the end of July.       Among the high-profile issues the Legislature is likely to grapple with in the fall are gun control, welfare reform and proposals to increase the minimum wage...

The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city.

A measure expanding federal background checks for gun purchases has failed in the Senate.