Gun policy is increasingly being written not just in legislatures and at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and... The ...

In response to a murder investigation that revealed a confiscated gun had been mistakenly returned to a man convicted of abusing his girlfriend, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor is trying to add ...

Gun background checks in November slipped noticeably, interrupting the long run of elevated demand that has defined recent ...

The Biden administration is moving to expand background checks for gun purchases, fulfilling a key demand of advocates following the deadly shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas. The final rule, ...

In a landmark move to tighten gun control and enhance public safety, the Biden-Harris administration unveiled a sweeping new strategy Thursday aimed at closing loopholes around the sale of guns in ...

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 ...

The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported on Friday that firearm background checks rose 1.0% year-over-year to 2,757,367 in December to mark a new monthly high for the year ...

In 2025, gun background checks are down compared to the same four-month period last year. Between January and April of 2024, firearm checks were at 4.6 million. However, during the first quarter of ...

The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported that firearm background checks fell 1.9% year-over-year to 2,575,550 in March, although the tally was still the third highest over ...

The Biden administration announced Thursday final plans to expand requirements to perform background checks for those who buy firearms at gun shows or online, aiming to effectively close what gun ...