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 ...

ALBANY — Deputies discovered a flare gun modified to shoot bullets after stopping an 18-year-old man, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said. Deputies apprehended the man late Friday night around ...

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 ...

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.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy has announced an executive order that raises the age to purchase a flare gun to twenty-one years old. Flare guns are designed and marketed as ...

ALBANY - Months after police saw over a dozen calls involving flare guns in the city, including one that ignited an apartment building during a confrontation, Albany county lawmakers are looking to ...