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

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — America has set a record for the number of firearm background checks run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, month-by-month, to start a year. “There’s ...

The FBI has agreed to consider modifying its criminal background check system after the Justice Department's inspector general found the system did not cross-check the buyer's age with legal ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the chamber, have differing opinions on how to to address gun control laws and improve America's ...

A central part of the gun legislation Congress is expected to take up this week is the idea of expanded background checks on gun purchases. But few Americans understand how background checks actually ...

The FBI processed more gun-related background checks this September than any other on record, documents released on Monday show. 1,992,219 checks were conducted through the National Instant Criminal ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Supporters of Question 3 (to expand firearm background checks to private ...

Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Chairman Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) questions Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a caucus hearing on June 11, 2019. The hearing examined the federal ...

Some Alabama sheriffs have been issuing concealed carry permits to people without full background checks or even when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System denied the application, the ...