The United States has extended its lead over other nations as the world’s biggest exporter of weapons, with Europe now its main customer.

LONDON — As Europe grapples with its deepest security crisis since 1945, a small group of the continent’s leading powers took a radical step: They dumped the traditional craving for 27-nation ...

Sweden has been plagued by gang crime that has escalated over the last two decades and has seen the Nordic nation top the rankings of deadly gun violence per capita in Europe.

1364 - First recorded use of a firearm. 1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch ...