Gunshot residue was on the hand, waistband and shirt of an 18-year-old man killed by a St Louis police officer, authorities said.

A gun said to have been carried by Arthur Griffith in the early days of the Civil War has been quietly rediscovered after being hidden in an attic for decades, it has been claimed.

A gun said to have been carried by Arthur Griffith in the early days of the Civil War has been rediscovered after being hidden in an attic for decades, it has been claimed.

A stone mason and fluent French speaker and another man have been sentenced to six years by the Special Criminal Court for the possession of two loaded handguns found inside a pencil case.

Two Cork men have been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of the possession of two loaded handguns found inside a pencil case.

Two Cork men have been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of the possession of two loaded handguns found inside a pencil case.

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Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead yesterday from a shooting rampage by a “demonic” gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie.

A Wexford man has been jailed for five years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin this morning for the possession of a magnum revolver and ammunition.

A MAN who constructed a timer for an explosive device months after gardaí uncovered a huge cache of explosive components in a shed at his parent’s home has been jailed for 12 years at the Special Criminal Court.

A Wexford man who constructed a timer for an explosive device months after gardaí uncovered a huge cache of explosive components in a shed at his parent’s home has been jailed for 12 years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A report drafted by a senior detective concluded that a Donegal man on trial for IRA membership had no association with any republican or dissident group for as long as ten years, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

US police say two high school students had a pair of loaded handguns, a drawing depicting a killing and the intention of randomly shooting people on campus.

A teenage gunman (Sean Mercer, pictured) has been found guilty of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, who was gunned down as he made his way home from football training in Liverpool.

Innocent English schoolboy Rhys Jones died when he strayed into a feud between rival gangs, a court heard today.

A Colombian man tried to startle his nephew from a bout of the hiccups by pointing a gun at him – but accidentally pulled the trigger and killed him.

A Colombian man tried to startle his nephew from a bout of the hiccups by pointing a gun at him, but accidentally pulled the trigger and killed him, police said today.

A young police officer dying from a bullet to his chest somehow managed to steady his gun and shoot two burglars today, one of whom was later identified by police as an actor who once played a misfit mobster on The Sopranos television show.

Engineering firm Tomkins beat profits expectations today after overcoming setbacks such as hurricanes and slumping sales of car giants in the United States.

The parent company of gunsmiths Smith & Wesson have replaced chairman James Minder, who resigned after it was revealed that he had been convicted of a string of armed robberies and a prison escape in the 1950s and 60s.

In a victory for the US firearms industry, a federal jury cleared 45 handgun manufacturers and distributors of allegations that their marketing practices have stoked violence in black and Hispanic neighbourhoods.

A Wexford man was today jailed for four years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for membership of an illegal organisation.

A 62-year-old Wexford man was today found guilty of membership of the IRA by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A piece of a bicycle tube around a box of ammunition found in an arms dump in Co Wexford formed "a perfect physical fit" with a piece of tube found at the workshop of a man accused of membership of an illegal organisation, the Special Criminal Court heard today.