U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases. The bill would force unlicensed and private gun sellers to conduct a background check prior ...

Gun background checks in November slipped noticeably, interrupting the long run of elevated demand that has defined recent years. You are looking at a market that is still large by historical ...

The FBI admitted Friday that its failure to follow through on Dylann Roof’s background check enabled him to reportedly purchase the gun that he allegedly used to fatally shoot nine people at a ...

Salesmen Ted Shore, right, and Ian Mahathey assemble a shotgun for a customer at Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte in 2021. David T. Foster III dtfoster@charlotteobserver.com North Carolina bucked a ...

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 ...