Democratic U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal are leading a bill to expand federal background checks to all gun sales made in the United States, officials said. The legislation, called the ...

House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a proposal mandating background checks for purchasers of any type of firearm in Pennsylvania, though the proposal faces long odds of passing in the Senate.

Nevada’s gun background check system has been restored after weeks of disruption caused by the Aug. 24 cyberattack, according to state officials. The Brady Firearms Unit, which processes background ...

A background check system critical to the firearms purchase process is back online after being down for about three weeks during a cyberattack on the state of Nevada. The Brady Firearms Unit ...

Majority says law undermined right to bear arms Dissent says law was not 'heavy-handed' California disappointed, looking at legal options July 24 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on ...

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A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun violence ...

I am an only child and my mother has always been … let’s call it “involved” with my life, and I have done my best to deal with it. Two years ago, I met my now-fiancée, “Arista,” and we are getting ...