Under current rules, licensed dealers must perform background checks and log the make, model and serial numbers of guns sold, but hobbyists and infrequent traders don't. Justice Department ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence nationwide.

Unlicensed gun dealers sold at least 68,388 firearms into the black market between 2017 and ... purchases" for someone unable to pass a federal background check. The data shows that people who ...

President Biden signed an executive order Tuesday meant to increase the number of background checks before gun purchases take effect and boost the use of “red flag” laws — in what the ...

There were over 1 million opportunities for someone to buy a gun from a licensed dealer without a completed background check ... the gun he used to kill nine Black worshipers at a church in ...

After all, gun control has historically been used as a tool to disarm Black people ... believe in firearm regulations like expanded background checks, red flag laws, and limitations on the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Dane Britt said it’s business as usual at his Wilmington-based gun shop, DB Private Firearms Training. Britt conducts background checks on anyone purchasing a gun from him, ...

AT IN BACKGROUND CHECKS TO BUY GUNS IN THIS STATE. ALLOWING A PROHIBITED PERSON TO GET A GUN IS NOT IN ANY BODY’S BEST INTEREST. NEWS 9 INVESTIGATE HAS LEARNED IN MANY INSTANCES, INFORMATION ...

If he legally purchased those weapons at a licensed dealer or gun store, there would have been a background check.Almost 40 states have some sort of law or regulations mandating that the names of ...

So someone with a mental condition can buy a gun from a licensed dealer and pass the background check. “He purchased the weapon legally from one of the local dealerships,” said Interim Louisville ...