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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A bipartisan pair of senators announced an agreement Wednesday to expand background checks on commercial firearm sales, a compromise that could bolster the chances of a gun-control package passing the ...

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 ...

Gun wall rack with rifles (Stock photo by Artas via Getty Images) Lawmakers in the state House passed legislation that would require background checks for the sale and transfer of rifles and shotguns, ...

Nine out of 10 gun purchases are now subject to instant FBI criminal background checks, a marked improvement over the response rate from two years ago, the Justice Department said yesterday. About 9 ...

The national News21 Initiative brings together a select group of student journalists to produce a major national investigation into a topic of wide interest. This year, News21 has documented the ...

Backers of an initiative seeking universal background checks on gun sales have hit the airwaves with the first commercial in what’s expected to be an expensive and hotly contested campaign. The ...

Guns cannot be legally sold and transferred to Nevadans without a concealed carry permit currently as the cyberattack that occurred last month has crippled the state's background check system.