Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy has announced an executive order that raises the age to purchase a flare gun to ...

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 ...

Months after a flare gun burned an Albany building to the ground, the Albany county executive and legislature are looking to ban their sale to anyone under 21.

State Sen. Patricia Fahy is pictured during a news conference in June in Albany. State residents may have to show state-licensed identification to prove they are over the age of 21 before purchasing a ...

More than three months after a violent weekend with several incidents where police say minors were armed with flare guns, ...

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 ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A man was taken to the hospital over the weekend after he says he was shot by a flare gun. According to the Dayton Police Department, officers were sent to the 3000 block of ...

Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy issued an executive order on Tuesday that would establish an age requirement of 21 for ...

DURHAM (WTVD) -- Police in Durham are still investigating after a man was shot in the face with a flare gun earlier Tuesday at a shopping center in the 600 block of Witherspoon Boulevard off Hwy ...

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 ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Police arrested a Jonesboro man after a victim said he threatened to kill them with a loaded flare gun. A Craighead County judge found probable cause Sept. 2 to charge Nathan ...