Guns

Video posted to social media showed students jumping from second-story windows, apparently to escape the attack. Russian officials said the suspect, a student, had been detained.

The City Council in Columbia, South Carolina, has decided not to allow people to carry guns out in the open during protests, festivals and other events that need a city permit.

A shortage of ammunition in the U.S. is having an impact on law enforcement agencies, people seeking personal protection, recreational shooters and hunters.

North Carolina-based Remington, the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has offered some of the victims’ families nearly $33 million to settle their lawsuit over how the company marketed the firearm to the public.

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office says a Huntersville man accompanying his wife to a courthouse for a traffic ticket Tuesday in Charlotte tried to enter the building with a gun and ammunition. He was arrested.

As part of the efforts, the Treasury Department will inform states that they can use funds allotted by the American Rescue Plan to aid in reducing gun violence.

Charlotte police say they are seeing a spike in the number of guns stolen out of vehicles.

The Biden administration is trying to make it easier for states to make laws that temporarily remove guns from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow people to purchase handguns without needing to get a permit from their county's sheriff. The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association supports the bill, saying that the current permitting process is redundant and unnecessary.

One small startup in Portland, Ore., is helping place former gang members and others involved in gun violence into well-paying green energy jobs.