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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Deputies stopped an 18-year-old and found a flare gun modified to shoot bullets on him Friday, May 16, 2025 in Albany, according to the Albany County Sheriff. ALBANY — Deputies discovered a flare gun ...

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple is weighing in on a disturbing trend in New York – people modifying flare guns to shoot live ammunition. An 18-year-old was arrested on Friday in the area of ...

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 ...