Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firearms are on display in a Salem gun shop. Advocates for gun owners and the Oregon State Police are debating the the efficacy of ...

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 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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The loophole allowing gun buyers to obtain firearms before federal background checks are complete has sparked renewed debate among lawmakers. This loophole enabled the Mother ...

Regarding "New legislation can help curb gun violence in the U.S." (Page B7, Friday),the essay by Barry Wolfer promoting increased background checks to decrease gun violence ignores an important ...

Californians are flocking to gun stores in big numbers during the coronavirus pandemic, even as gun buyers nationwide are setting new records according to new federal data. The number of background ...

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 group Mayors Against Illegal Guns has launched a million-dollar media blitz to support new gun legislation. One TV ad features Neil Heslin, whose son, Jesse Lewis, was among those killed at Sandy ...

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

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 ...