Background checks for gun purchases are supposed to be quick, but in some parts of the country they are... The post ...

For all its value, the system is ripe for an update. Last weekend, two murderers, in separate and tragic incidents, walked into public venues in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio and shot and killed a ...

“We must do something.” It’s what we always hear in the wake of senseless tragedies like the shooting that left 26 people dead in a Texas church, many of them children. Then the standoff begins. For ...

A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced Senate Bill 2135, also known as the Fix NICS Act, which is designed to fix the reporting requirements for the NICS. This bill penalizes federal ...

The federal government’s gun background check system used to be pretty lousy at stopping people with mental health problems from buying guns. In its first nine years of operation, the National Instant ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Black Friday isn't just when shoppers rush to stores for holiday sales. It's also one of the busiest days of the year for gun purchases. In the U.S., there are nine guns for every ...

Internal FBI data reveal a jarring new stat: The number of people trying to buy guns who can’t legally own them has skyrocketed. That came as part of a surge in gun purchases in the first three months ...

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Internal FBI data reveal a jarring new stat: The number of people trying to buy guns who can’t legally own them has skyrocketed. That came as part of a surge in gun purchases in the first three months ...

Twenty years ago, a pair of students killed a teacher and a dozen of their classmates a high school in Littleton, Colo. The shooters at Columbine High School used semiautomatic weapons and sawed-off ...

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, also known as NICS, is intended to identify people prohibited under federal law from purchasing firearms from a licensed dealer. However, there ...