Latest Weapons proliferation News

California governor signs bills to bolster gun control

Sep. 25, 2024 07:33 AM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control measures Tuesday, including one that allows the court to consider stalking and animal cruelty as grounds to restrict access to firearms. The state already has some of the strictest gun laws in the...

Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices

Sep. 06, 2024 15:55 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns on streets across America. The rising threat of what are known as machine gun...