Petersburg received just 1% of the state funds between fiscal 2021 and 2026, despite accounting for the highest rate of ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul says she's proposing legislation to crack down on plastic "ghost guns" and parts with a law to prevent ...

The Virginia General Assembly is reportedly considering enactment of a firearm purchase licensing law (FPL), meaning that prospective gun buyers would first need to obtain a license before the ...

Mass killings in the United States dropped to their lowest level in two decades in 2025, even as Congress failed to enact any new federal gun control laws. Seventeen incidents met the threshold for ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new report shows gun violence is having a significant effect on some of Virginia’s communities and children. Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — More than half of Virginia’s gun-related homicides over a five-year period have happened in nine localities, four of those in Hampton Roads, according to a new report on how gun ...

Deaths of on-duty law enforcement officers in the U.S. decreased by nearly 25% in 2025, according to an annual report.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit an ...

Virginia’s background check law for private handgun sales is officially dead, and it took five years of courtroom trench warfare to get there. According to attorney Rachel Moss of Attorneys On ...

• West Virginia State Police will begin phasing in Shadow Systems 9mm duty pistols in February 2026, replacing the Glock models troopers have carried since 2018, according to the agency. • The rollout ...