It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane ...

The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute has accepted three new cartridges, and one of them operates at ...

A decorated single-action Colt. In .44 S&W Special caliber, this gun with 6 1/2" barrel has gold-plated hammer, cylinder, and ...

Cedar Rapids police testified Thursday about the crime scene and evidence found outside a northeast side apartment complex ...

The stories of two nurses who survived a gunman's attack on an intensive care unit in a York, Pennsylvania, hospital are ...