“ Smart gun ” refers to firearms that include some sort of safety device designed to make sure that the gun can be fired only by an authorized user. These safety devices include fingerprint ...

At a firing range in an industrial section of Broomfield, Colorado, near Denver, Kai Kloepfer loads a 9-millimeter pistol and pulls the trigger. There's a loud bang and a new hole in the paper target.

Mass shootings were a horribly frequent occurrence in 2015. To kick off 2016, the White House announced that it plans to use its executive authority to improve gun control because Congress is unable ...

A gun store in Maryland had been set to become the first in the country to sell something called a smart gun. But after receiving death threats, the owner of that store has changed his mind. The ...

Assemblyman Alex Bores, D-New York City, speaks at a news conference last week. The technology behind the idea of “smart” handguns doesn’t seem ready for use yet. Members of the Democratic Party’s ...