GAINESVILLE — Floridians no longer need a permit to carry a concealed firearm, and gun owners are overwhelmingly opting out of the safety and educational training once required for a license. Firearms ...

Longtime gun safety instructor Joe Picariello has widened the demographic of his students with his women-only gun training courses. For the past year, Picariello has provided Greater Gardner women ...

Henya Chein has always been terrified of guns. The Orthodox Jewish artist and mother of two felt uneasy about her husband’s decision to buy a handgun after they moved to Florida from New York last ...

A North Carolina doctor named Ty L. Bullard recently published an alarming op-ed in the Charlotte Observer about his recent experience in a state-mandated concealed carry handgun (CCH) class. To get a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C.COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina would provide free gun training and allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry their weapon in public under a bill that passed the state Senate on ...

Each time the State Law Enforcement Division promotes its free concealed-weapons permit classes, Capt. Brian Truex braces for the surge. A mid-September social media post led to about 1,500 course ...