At a firing range in an industrial section of Broomfield, Colorado, near Denver, Kai Kloepfer loads a 9-millimeter pistol and pulls the trigger. There's a loud bang and a new hole in the paper target.

Gun makers are quietly rewriting their playbooks as real-world shooters, new buyers and regulators push the industry toward safer, smarter and more lifestyle-focused designs. Instead of chasing ...

Assemblyman Alex Bores, D-New York City, speaks at a news conference last week. The technology behind the idea of “smart” handguns doesn’t seem ready for use yet. Members of the Democratic Party’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama announced new steps Friday to help curb gun violence, including by identifying the requirements that “smart guns” would have to meet for law enforcement ...