The cost of a firearm background check fee is expected to climb in Washington if House Bill 2521 passes the Senate. The bill, which removes the cap on fees the Washington State ...

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported that the February 2026 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON A bipartisan proposal to expand background checks to more gun buyers seemed in jeopardy Monday as a growing number of Republican senators expressed opposition to the proposal, perhaps ...

If background checks on gun purchases were stronger, dangerous people would have a harder time obtaining lethal weapons, according to speakers who gathered downtown Monday to support a congressional ...

Bridge the Divide Now says its eight-proposal plan would reduce firearms injuries and deaths while protecting gun owners' rights.

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 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 ...