The Utica Police Department is warning residents about kids possessing flare guns, according to a statement from law ...

The Utica Police Department said that these flare guns, which are usually legal when used properly, have recently been fired ...

Utica police are warning parents and residents about a rise in juveniles possessing and firing flare guns, citing safety ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. — 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 ...