More people in Massachusetts are considering gun ownership
Massachusetts added close to 45,000 active carry permits in the first six months of 2025. WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben reports.
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Massachusetts added close to 45,000 active carry permits in the first six months of 2025. WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben reports.
The Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury is increasing security after someone flashed a gun at a track meet.
Currently, only police can carry guns inside public buildings but Plymouth's police chief said the ban makes those places soft targets for anyone looking to cause harm.
A Massachusetts blacksmith is doing something unique with old weapons, melting down guns taken off the streets and turning them into garden tools.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is planning to implement parts of a gun reform law Wednesday, blocking an effort by opponents to delay it.
Some police departments are reconsidering what to do with their guns when they are no longer in use.
Hunter Biden's trial on three felony charges related to his purchase and possession of a gun while he was a drug user started Monday with jury selection.
Records show Massachusetts police departments typically and legally sell back or trade in their guns to dealers when they're no longer used by officers.
Records show Massachusetts police departments typically and legally sell back or trade in their guns to dealers when they're no longer used by officers.
More than 140 law enforcement agencies across the country sell or trade their used weapons to gun stores.
Firearms sold by law enforcement have turned up at crime scenes thousands of times in recent years, a CBS News Investigation found.
A staff member at a Lexington elementary school is on leave after he admitted to leaving a gun inside a parked car on campus.
A staff member at a Lexington elementary school is on leave after he admitted to leaving a gun inside a parked car on campus.
The gunman from Saturday's shooting was identified by police as Mauricio Garcia, 33. A source said he was a security guard with no prior serious criminal record.
The suspect was shot and killed by a responding officer who was at the mall on an unrelated call, police said.
The shooting took place at an Old National Bank branch in Louisville. Police said the gunman, 25, worked at the bank.
"We strongly believe there was going to be some other targets, including maybe family members, and one of the malls here in Nashville," said Nashville Police Chief John Drake.
The number — roughly 18 per day — is sparking concern at a time when more Americans are armed.
Police arrested three people Monday after finding a large, loaded handgun under a 10-month-old infant's car seat in the back seat of their car.
A Lowell man is facing charges after police say his son brought a gun to his school and showed it to his classmates after school last week.
Police have arrested an 18-year-old Massachusetts man after he was allegedly found sleeping with a loaded gun tucked under his arm in the playground area of a Boston elementary school.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and police are "deeply troubled" about the auction of a gun that was used to kill 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in February 2012.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling for a federal investigation into the weapon.
Police said they also found multiple plastic bags full of heroin and cocaine, as well as about $1,000.
Gov. Charlie Baker said he would look into whether to use an executive order to ban gun sales to those on federal no-fly watch lists.
