In 1999, 26 of owners guns for protection purposes, while 49 percent claimed to own guns mainly for hunting. With the recent mass shooting in Connecticut, people are on edge about gun laws.

More Americans own guns for personal protection than ever before, a new survey shows. Gun sales surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, as did gun-related deaths.

Gun owners in the United States continue to cite protection far more than other factors, including hunting and sport shooting, as a major reason they own a gun. About half of Americans who don’t own a ...

In these active shooter incidents, the longer it takes for a good guy with a gun to get on scene, the more people are killed. At the Christian school in the Nashville neighborhood of Green Hills ...

People with firearm access are far more likely to experience gun violence than to use their weapon for self-defense, according to a new Rutgers Health study. Although self-defense is the primary ...

The U.S. Supreme Court took a step last Friday toward acknowledging that the true best defense against a bad guy with a gun is to make sure a bad guy doesn’t get a gun in the first place. And ...

Because I was registered to own a gun didn’t mean I wasn’t licensed to carry one. The maximum penalty was one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. After I posted a $100 cash bond, they let me go.

According to the non-partisan polling agency, 48 percent say they have a gun for protection. Just 32 percent said they own a gun for hunting or target shooting. In 1999, said Pew, 49 percent said ...

The hosts of “The View” were stunned on Friday, when Joy Behar suggested suggested that Pennsylvania residents use a gun to defend their homes from an escaped convict currently on the loose.

(CNN) — More Americans own guns for personal protection than ever before, a new survey shows. Gun sales surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, as did gun-related deaths.