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 ...

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 ...

This WWII flare gun looked completely consumed by rust, with parts frozen and unusable after years of neglect. Most people would have seen nothing more than a corroded relic with no chance of working ...

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.

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 ...

After months of investigation, two juveniles were charged for allegedly starting a series of fires in the city of Rome with a ...

Two 16-year-olds were arrested after a series of flare gun-related fires and a fight in Rome. The Rome Police Department ...

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Two Rome teenagers are accused of using a flare gun to start fires on East Bloomfield and West Court Streets, and setting off ...

As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, law enforcement and medics arrived at two different scenes in Montgomery County. Medics were dispatched before 8:15 p.m. to the 3000 block of North Dixie Drive ...