WESTPORT — The number of gun permits given to town residents has risen exponentially over the last decade. In 2001, the Westport police issued 26 gun permits, one permit per applicant. Ten years later ...

N.C. Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort, presented a bill that would repeal the state's concealed-carry permit law. The state House voted 59-48 Wednesday to allow people to carry concealed guns without a ...

A new Colorado law aimed at making it more difficult to obtain a concealed handgun permit spurred a triple-digit spike in applications in Larimer and Weld counties before going into effect. The law, ...