After weeks of heated debate, a sweeping gun control bill that requires Washington residents to get a permit—and pass live-fire training—before buying a firearm is now on its way to Washington ...

Democrats in the Washington state House on Saturday approved an overhaul of the state’s system for buying guns. House Bill 1163 would require a state permit to purchase firearms. Majority Democrats ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge says Rhode Island's gun permit system, which requires residents to show "a need" to openly carry a firearm throughout the state, does not violate the Second ...

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued the Virgin Islands Police Department for what it described as "unconstitutional practices" that resulted in denials of gun permits, in what marked its first ...

Long Islanders seeking a permit to carry a concealed handgun rarely are rejected, according to a Newsday review more than two years after a landmark legal decision led to a major expansion of gun ...