A judge has shot down Democrats’ attempt to implement universal background checks for gun purchases in Virginia. Virginia’s ...

Gun control efforts in California took a big hit on Thursday as the 9th Circuit Court struck down a state law requiring background checks to buy ammunition. While some say this is a step back for gun ...

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases. The bill would force unlicensed and private gun sellers to conduct a background check prior ...

The Virginia Department of State Police abruptly halted all private sale firearms background checks on Wednesday, announcing ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that California’s law requiring background checks for people purchasing ammunition is unconstitutional. The decision upholds a San Diego federal ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an effort to prevent possibly dangerous people with mental illness from buying guns, Tennessee in 2013 passed a law requiring court clerks to report involuntary mental health hospitalizations and ...