A push for stricter gun laws in Minnesota is not new. However, this session comes on the heels of a devastating mass shooting ...

Military weapons don’t change unless the battlefield forces them to. For Navy SEALs, that pressure came as warfare moved indoors, after dark, and into environments where adaptability mattered more ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

Assault-weapon bans have survived years of courtroom attacks, but a new wave of litigation is forcing judges, lawmakers, and you as a voter to confront how far the Second Amendment really goes.

The Trump administration’s Justice Department has picked a high‑stakes fight with the nation’s capital, arguing that Washington’s ban on AR‑15 style rifles and other semiautomatic weapons violates the ...

It’s been a dreadful year for mass shootings in the United States. As my colleague Clarissa-Jan Lim noted, after some back-to-back shootings over the weekend, the Gun Violence Archive has recorded "38 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Getty Images) Minnesota Democrats and Republicans are preparing to possibly return to St. Paul early to debate gun ...

Recent mass shootings in Minnesota and Michigan have renewed calls for action on gun violence. Studies suggest the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, was associated with a ...

Warfare transitioned from open battlefields to urban environments. Compact carbines with shorter barrels replaced full-length rifles for maneuverability. Combat now occurs predominantly after dark.