Guns

US: AR-15 style guns sold as a sign of manhood as shootings rise

Gun makers say AR-15-style rifles are responsible for a small portion of gun homicides and the blame must go to the shooters rather than their weapons

Shinzo Abe's assassination haunts Japan with questions on homemade guns

The 40-centimetre-long (16-inch) weapon used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, looked crude, more like a propellant made of pipes taped together and filled with explosives

Lessons from a war: For India, finding aatmanirbhar alternatives to foreign equipment is need of the hour

The ongoing devastating war between Russia and Ukraine, countries which India is dependent on for weapons and spares, will eventually adversely affect the country’s operational readiness

'Do we even need guns on sets anymore?': Hollywood asks in light of Alec Baldwin accidentally killing cinematographer

“This isn’t the early '90s, when Brandon Lee was killed in the same manner. Change needs to happen before additional talented lives are lost," a petition on change.org read after Alec Baldwin fatally shot Halya Hutchins on the sets of Rust.

Delhi violence reveals growing availability of country-made guns in National Capital; high time for Delhi Police to crack down

Eyewitnesses' accounts, medical reports of those injured and killed as well as initial investigations of the deadly Delhi violence have revealed another major concern for the Delhi Police, a growing availability of countrymade pistols or desi kattas and pistols in the National Capital

Maryland shooting: 3 killed at Rite Aid distribution center, lone suspect in critical condition

Three people were killed Thursday morning in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland, officials said. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the shooting stressed that the number of dead is based on preliminary information.

'Multiple victims' reported in Maryland shooting; FBI says it's an 'active shooter situation', initial reports of 5 shot, 3 dead

Authorities say multiple people have been shot in northeast Maryland in what the FBI is describing as an "active shooter situation."

Florida: 1 injured as police exchange fire with suspect holed up in Panama City apartment complex

Police in Panama City, Florida, were engaged in a standoff with an active shooter they believed was barricaded inside an apartment complex at a busy intersection, with multiple shots fired, a city official said. One person sustained a minor injury, Panama City spokeswoman Caitlin Lawrence said in a phone interview.

Donald Trump salutes gun owners, urges NRA members to vote Republican in crucial midterm elections

US President Donald Trump on Friday linked the sanctity of the Second Amendment to his party's prospects in the 2018 midterm elections, telling supporters at the National Rifle Association's annual convention that "we've got to get Republicans elected."

Nashville mall shooting: 1 killed, suspect in custody; police say ongoing dispute led to gunshots

A gunman killed another man inside Nashville's Opry Mills Mall on Thursday and then immediately surrendered, police said. Police said in a tweet that the two men appeared to have had an ongoing dispute before one shot the other inside the mall.