The number of instant checks for firearms purchases and the assorted issues than come from those continue to generally decline, according to state police. The Pennsylvania Instant Check System on the ...

When you’re making large purchases or exchanging significant sums of money, you’ll typically want to use a cashier’s check for the transaction. From renting a new apartment to purchasing a high-ticket ...

One reason this fraud is rampant: Open forums where anyone can buy checks that thieves have taken from the mail. Credit...Shira Inbar Supported by By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber wrote his last check, ever, ...

A cashier’s check is a bank-guaranteed payment drawn from the bank’s own funds, typically used for large transactions like car purchases or home down payments. Cashier’s checks cost $10-$15 at most ...

It’s basic common sense supported by more than 90% of Americans and wholly consistent with the Second Amendment: Anyone buying a firearm needs a background check. That’s what prevents felons and ...

North Carolina bucked a nationwide trend last year with gun purchases, registering more federal firearm background checks in 2023 than it did in 2022. In fact, North Carolina recorded the largest ...

But I-1639 isn't the only change coming. This year, the FBI — which manages the nationwide background-checks database — announced it would end its so-called "courtesy checks" that allow Washington's ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said that people purchasing ammunition should be required to go through a background check, while he suggested that some bullets should be banned entirely. “I have ...