The FBI has been processing record numbers of firearm background checks — including 3.9 million in June alone.

Secured by fingerprint and 3D infrared facial recognition, Biofire Technologies announced the 9mm handgun in a news release on April 13. It works in a wide variety of conditions, including if a user ...

Biofire's gun is designed to allow an authorized person to fire the weapon instantly upon gripping it, and to disable the trigger mechanism the moment it leaves their hand. The company behind ...

Sasha Wiesen sleeps with a .40-caliber handgun in a safe by his bed. The commercial real-estate broker from Florida recently preordered a new type of firearm he hopes will make the safe unnecessary.

In the 2012 film Skyfall, Q presents James Bond with a special handgun for his latest mission — a Walther PPK 9mm short — fitted with a sensor encoded to Bond's palm print so only he can fire it. It's ...