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Australians hand in 57,000 firearms during gun amnesty

Arocketlauncherandautomaticrifleswereamongthe57,000firearmshandedinduringathree-monthgunamnestyinAustralia,thecountry'sfirstsincetoughgunlawswereintroducedin199

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More than 12.5k firearms surrendered during Australia's gun amnesty

Australianshavesofarsurrenderedmorethan12,500unregisteredfirearmsaspartofthenation'slatestgunamnesty,JusticeMinisterMichaelKeenan'sofficeconfirmedonFriday.Thisi

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U.S. weapons are the main source of illegal arms on the dark web

Thepotentialroleofthedarkwebinfacilitatingtradeinfirearms,ammunitionandexplosiveshasgainedincreasedpublicattentionfollowingrecentterroristattacksinEurope.Howeve

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New law to allow Czech civilians to shoot during terrorist attacks

TheCzechparliamentonWednesdaypassedaconstitutionalamendmentthatchallengesEUguncontrollawsbyallowinglegalfirearmsholderstousetheirweaponswhennationalsecurityisth

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Australia introduces illegal gun amnesty after Islamist-inspired attacks

AustraliasaidonFridayitwouldintroduceathree-monthnationalgunamnesty,thefirstinmorethan20years,inabidtoreducethenumberofillegalfirearmswhichhavebeenusedinrecentI

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Australia police investigate after actor shot dead during filming of hip hop video

Australian police are investigating the death of an actor who suffered chest wounds from firearms used on the set of a music video on Monday, as media said the man was accidentally shot.

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Guns a growing factor in narcotics enforcement

Authorities worry about the increasing danger to society posed by armed criminals

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Weapons haul, police shootings prompt questions over New Zealand gun laws

Lawmakers have called for a review of New Zealand's gun regime after police announced the seizure of a massive haul of automatic weapons in the same week four police officers were shot and wounded.

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HK is not terrorist target: HK Police

Hong Kong's Police Commissioner Stephen Lo said here Saturday that there has been no intelligence suggesting Hong Kong being a target of terrorist attack.