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) — In the wake of the recent incident in which a flare gun caused a fire at an Albany apartment building, Capital Region legislators want to ban flare gun sales to people under 21.

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 ...