Former Idaho State Museum director Ken Swanson explains some of the Thompson submachine guns, or “Tommy guns,” on display at the J. Curtis Earl Weapons Exhibit at the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise.

Across American history, firearms have been used in multiple conflicts, evolving significantly since our earliest wars. They've been symbols of power, craftsmanship, and identity. The U.S. is home to ...

(AP) In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by ...

In the United States, almost 40 percent of all households contain a firearm. Alzheimer's affects memory, critical thinking and judgment skills, reasoning and perception, so having the firearms in the ...

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