Violent crimes involving firearms have risen 24 percent in the last four years. Many of the guns, prosecutors say, were stolen.

If the ruling stands, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling could lead to more guns in public in states like Hawaii and California that have restrictive laws.

The measures ban bump stocks and decrease the amount of time people disqualified from gun possession have to turn in their weapons.

The state is poised to prohibit the manufacture, sale and ownership of devices used to increase firearms’ rate of fire.

An abortion protester was ordered to surrender his firearms after a temporary restraining order was issued.

Most of the National Rifle Association dollars flowing to schools throughout the country pay for competitive shooting programs.

The Hawaii congresswoman talks tough on gun control but she’s often lagging behind Democratic colleagues in pushing firearms legislation.

Updated 3/7/2018: Challenger Clayton Hee demonstrates that he has not lost his ability to shake things up, politically and policy-wise. And Hawaii has lots of guns.

Only a few states currently let courts take guns from people deemed a threat at the request of family members or police.

Some say the department’s policy of sending letters to patients is an escalation of efforts to deny gun permits.