For decades, federal law has forbidden gun owners from scratching out the serial numbers that manufacturers are legally required to place on firearms. The reason is obvious: These serial numbers help ...

ANDERSON, Ind. — Gun shops in Indiana and across the country have a new tool to spot stolen firearms. It's a simple computer entry that can prevent stolen guns from being re-sold and ending up on the ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court created doubt in a ruling earlier this week over the viability of a decades-old state law that makes it a crime to possess certain firearms that lack serial numbers. In ...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that a federal ban on possessing a gun with its serial number removed is unconstitutional, the first such ruling since the U.S. Supreme ...

SAN ANTONIO — A veteran San Antonio police sergeant speaking at the scene of a shooting Friday afternoon said keeping track of serial numbers and reporting when firearms are stolen is the best thing ...