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A shootout that ended in a car crash engulfed in flames on the Las Vegas strip closed down the main road where the incident left a cab driver, a passenger in the cab and a rapper dead, and four other people injured.

This week marks the anniversary of the Medina-area shootout between tax-resister Gordon Kahl and federal authorities in which two U.S. Marshals were killed.  The Fargo Forum has one take on the story here.  Kahl fled to Arkansas where he was eventually killed...

If you ever find yourself confronted by someone with a gun, know you are not defenseless.

A 14-year-old student at Price Middle School in Atlanta was shot in the head or neck on Thursday afternoon. The student was taken to the hospital; his condition has not been officially released, but reports say that he is alert, conscious and breathing.

At least six people have been injured at a shooting in an office complex in Phoenix on Wednesday.

Update 5:30 p.m. (Eastern): Three people in total were taken to the hospital, including one in critical condition. Update 2:55: One shooting victim's name is Jody Neal, according to his uncle and sister, who were interviewed at the scene. Update 2:50: "The police believe the danger has been mitigated," according to a spokesman for the college. "The school is under control but still

Authorities in New Mexico say a teenage boy has fatally shot two adults and three children inside a suburban Albuquerque home.

Police stormed a movie theater in San Diego on Saturday and shot and wounded an armed domestic-violence suspect who was pretending to be a patron.

Ben Franklin is alleged to have said, "Those who give up liberty for security, in the end get neither." Reason Online offers one perspective regarding the risk involved in reactive decisions: If the reaction to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School is anything like the reaction to Sept...

The National Rifle Association went quiet after last week's shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and many have been wondering what the gun-advocacy group would have to say. On Tuesday, the NRA released an official statement: