To Wes Morosky, president of Duke’s Sports Shop in New Castle, Penn., the universal background check proposal now under debate in Congress would be a boon for business. “It’d keep everyone on the same ...

The nation’s gun buying background check system is supposed to keep firearms out of reach for dangerous individuals. But it’s not meant to catch early warning signs like those exhibited by Nikolas ...

Firearms are on display in a Salem gun shop. Advocates for gun owners and the Oregon State Police are debating the the efficacy of the state’s longstanding system for clearing gun background checks.

Californians are flocking to gun stores in big numbers during the coronavirus pandemic, even as gun buyers nationwide are setting new records according to new federal data. The number of background ...

Regarding "New legislation can help curb gun violence in the U.S." (Page B7, Friday),the essay by Barry Wolfer promoting increased background checks to decrease gun violence ignores an important ...

Gun policy has become so politically divisive that lawmakers have found it nearly impossible to pass federal legislation on it in recent years. A window opened in 2022 after a mass school shooting in ...

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 ...

Preppers, housewives and ranchers are among those seeking firearms. The number of firearms background checks in Colorado has doubled compared with the same time last year, perhaps a sign of the unease ...

“Shame on you!” shouted an elderly woman seated in the Senate gallery late Wednesday afternoon. The Senate had just rejected a bipartisan deal to expand gun-sale background checks, a measure some 90% ...

Shoppers hunting for Black Friday deals seemed to include a record number of those in the market for firearms; the FBI says it fielded 203,086 background check requests for gun purchases on the day ...

COLUMBIA — Nearly a decade ago, a “loophole” in the federal gun law made it possible for an avowed white supremacist with a history of drug use to buy a pistol, despite a drug arrest that should have ...