"I looked down... and then I realized that I was bleeding," the Houston police officer said. "I didn't touch the gun at all." ...

In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court struck down a voter-backed California law that required background checks for people who buy bullets.

According to the office of U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, a convicted felon has now been sentenced to more than five years for illegally possessing a gun, which was equipped with a machinegun ...