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OLEAN — An Olean man is recovering in a Buffalo hospital after being shot by New York State Police after he reportedly pointed a BB pistol at troopers...

ERIE, Pa. — An Elk County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie for violating federal firearms laws. The three-count indictment n...

Local state lawmakers agree with Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning New York’s law on permits for carrying concealed handguns. “I think ...

NEW YORK — For decades, New York’s leaders boasted that its strict limits on handgun ownership made it one of America’s safest places, a claim backed ...

ALBANY — New York this week became the second state to enact a law intended to force firearms manufacturers to adopt microstamping, a technology in wh...

The recent shooting on the "600 block of West State Street" is an all too vivid example of the ineffectiveness of gun laws already on the books when t...

I've never knowingly committed a felony, but alas, I might be soon. My crime? Criminal possession of a "firearm." A bit of semantics here. New York us...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was shot in the arm and the gunman was killed in a shootout in the Bronx, officials said Wednesday. The...

ROME (TNS)— A man with a gun robbed anOneida Countybank Tuesday, before fleeing from the scene on a bicycle, police said. The armed robbery was report...

It has become common in some circles to call the Jan. 6 Capitol riot an “armed insurrection.” That leads to a few questions: How many rioters were arm...

Cable news programming suggestion: Instead of filling every broadcast with the latest presumptive police outrage, try covering the latest drive-by kil...

ALBANY (TNS) — A policy brief by the Rockefeller Institute of Government confirmed that “ghost guns” are a public safety issue and continue being reco...

Misogyny and racism often are fellow-travelers. So it’s likely that more than coincidence is at play regarding mass murderer Robert Aaron Long, 21, an...

ASHFORD — A traffic stop led to gun-related charges for an area pair Monday evening. Summer J. Mathews, 39, of Delevan, and Daniel J. Jennings, 58, of...

CAMDEN (AP) — An Otsego County sheriff's deputy’s gun accidentally discharged in a restaurant and injured two people Saturday, according to state poli...

CONROE, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped the drunken driving and illegal handgun charges against Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Ed Olive...

OLEAN — A domestic incident reportedly involving a loaded handgun ended without injury and with the arrest of an Olean man Monday afternoon. Orishio D...

HOUSTON (AP) — Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Ed Oliver was arrested during a traffic stop in the Houston area and charged with drunken driving and i...