The Justice Department’s decision to stop defending a major gun restriction is more than a legal footnote. It signals a broader shift in how the federal government may handle Second Amendment fights, ...

WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in a pair of new rulings has further expanded the Constitution's Second Amendment right "to keep and bear arms," as the justices consider whether ...

WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned away appeals challenging a Democratic-backed ban in Illinois on assault-style rifles such as AR-15s and sidestepped several other ...

As the nation reels from the deadly shooting at Brown University and wrestles with why America can’t move past its gun culture, the Supreme Court could add some major gun cases to its already ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seized guns are displayed as US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during a news conference on August 26 ...

In the past 25 years, people who tried to buy guns at gun stores were rejected because of having active protection orders about 78,000 times, according to the F.B.I. By Kim Barker The federal law at ...

A man chooses a gun at the Gun Gallery in Glendale, California. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday recently heard a case that could overturn a law barring people under domestic violence protection ...