Candles and a donated flower arrangement surround a photo Clare Orton at a candlelight vigil held in Walnut Creek on July 26, 2015, in her memory. (George Kelly/Bay Area News Group)WALNUT CREEK — In the hours after police here came upon a grisly murder-suicide scene in the doorway of a suburban home …

A security guard at the Kansas Statehouse mans metal detectors and x-ray machines, checking visitors who pass through the entrance, even though Kansas law now allows virtually any adult to carry concealed weapons into the building. Officials say the security measures also screen for other illegal it …

A video taken by a Rohnert Park resident captured his encounter with a police officer who drew his gun after the man refused to take his hand out of his pocket.How extensive does a perceived threat need to be before a police officer is permitted by policy and practice to draw a weapon in the line of …

Recovered guns (Orlando Police Department)Parents of latchkey kids use an effective strategy to ensure youngsters don’t lose their keys. They loop them onto a shoelace and noose it around Junior’s neck.Considering the unnerving rash of loaded firearms stolen from police vehicles, it’s a tacti …

WYOMING, Mich. – Driving northbound US-131 near 28 Street, you will see five ads circulating on a billboard for a Wyoming gun range, but one of them may shock you.On it, Silver Bullet Firearms advertises they are the only West Michigan dealer for a Kalashnikov, a semi-automatic sporting rifle now ma …

Beretta employee Eric Livingston tests newly minted M9 pistols in the Baretta manufacturing unit in Accokeek, Md. The Army wants a new sidearm, and for the first time traditional military supplies are facing competition from civilian manufacturers. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post)ACCOKEEK, Md. — …