Surveys continuously show that up to 90% of Americans want background checks for gun purchases. I am one of those people. But background checks as they currently exist do not prevent many of the ...

"The thing you should be most alarmed about and most worried about is the system that they use to do background checks so you can go purchase a firearm magically goes down on Election Day," he said.

Two government officials said Tuesday that pending changes to the federal background check system could soon reduce the amount of time it takes to onboard new agency employees, assuming the ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working to clear a backlog of 230,000 court case dispositions that have not yet been linked to criminal records in the state’s background check system ...

HAS NOT MADE IT INTO BACKGROUND CHECKS AS OFFICIALS RUNNING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GRANITE STATERS BUYING FIREARMS FROM LICENSED DEALERS HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN THE NATIONAL INSTANT CHECK ...

Without the permit system in place, gun buyers will still get a background check at the gun dealer through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). However, some worry the ...

Modernization of the federal employee background check system has been marked by costly, years-long delays; however, new leadership at the agency tasked with the overhaul said they have made ...

Some users apparently encountered a vexing problem at the time: if they set a single-color image as the background, their Windows 7 PC always took 30 seconds to start the operating system and ...

Licensed gun sellers use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, NICS, to determine people’s eligibility to purchase firearms. The system consists of three databases that ...