New bills would tighten access to flare guns and make their use as a weapon illegal. Lawmakers said they were prompted by a violent Fourth of July in Albany. A chaotic July 4th left a building in ...

On its face legislation requiring those who want to purchase flare guns to show proof they are over the age of 21 makes sense. The proposal includes criminal penalties for those who sell flare guns to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy has announced an executive order that raises the age to purchase a flare gun to twenty-one years old. Flare guns are designed and marketed as ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- An 18-year-old was arrested after he was found to be in possession a flare gun modified to shoot live rounds, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. The teen attempted ...

A woman identified as 76-year-old Kathleen Schuman was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon after firing a flare gun at her neighbor. The elderly man retaliated, attacking her and slamming ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An Albany teenager was arrested on Friday after allegedly being found with a modified, loaded flare gun, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. The 18-year-old male ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Discussions about flare guns are continuing after an increase in recent incidents involving minors using them for violence. Officials with the Albany Police Department said ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A teenager and two other children were arrested Tuesday after police said they fired flare guns off the Green Bridge in Bradenton, setting a yacht on fire at the Twin Dolphin ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A teenager and two other children were arrested Tuesday after police said they fired flare guns off the Green Bridge in Bradenton, Florida, setting a yacht on fire. The ...