Federal law barred Jody Lee Hunt from ever owning a gun. But when he wanted to buy one, it wasn’t hard: He found a seller on Facebook. Mr. Hunt was a felon who had spent time in prison for ...

Can there be a solution to America’s gun problems? Anderson Cooper looks at both sides of the debate in “Guns Under Fire: an AC360º Town Hall Special” Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.

The laws nudges the rules closer to “universal” background checks — requiring checks for all sales — but still falls short of a nationwide mandate, which the Biden Administration wants to ...

The surge in gun sales during the pandemic has waned in 2022. Unadjusted firearm background checks – a rough proxy of gun sales – surged from 28.4 million in 2019 to 39.7 million in 2020 (and ...

But I think, you know, there's some appetite to improve the background check system to at least what they call commercial sales. I believe we need it on all sales. FADEL: So realistically ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is reportedly preparing a new rule to regulate private gun sales, requiring background checks via the FBI. Empower Oversight ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Enhanced background checks have blocked thousands of gun sales to people under the age of 21 and those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes in the past ...

A federal gun law passed last year gave the Biden administration a powerful new tool to increase background checks on “private” firearms sales. Will the administration use it? By Serge F.

That leaves 13% of gun sales having no background check. If the same ratios apply to Texas gun sales the 13% then 208,000 guns were sold with no background check. And 4,616 people died.

EAGAN, Minn. – A new law that took effect earlier this week expands background checks to most gun transfers in Minnesota, whether it's a private sale, gift, or loan. The provision, which was ...

Related: Texas sues to void rules aimed at expanding kind of gun sales requiring background checks The rules also said a seller should become licensed if they meet criteria such as repeatedly ...

WASHINGTON — Enhanced background checks have blocked thousands of gun sales to people under the age of 21 and those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes in the past year ...