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 ...

A longer background check may have prevented the tragedy that shocked the nation June 17, 2015. A drug arrest should’ve prevented then-21-year-old Dylann Roof from buying the gun he used to kill ...

In 2022, after the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, Congress passed legislation allowing the FBI to request juvenile mental health records for background checks for potential gun-buyers under 21.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called ghost guns, clearing the way for continued serial numbers, background checks… ...

While most states use the federal gun background check system, Tennessee is one of a handful of “point-of-contact” states that conduct their own firearm background checks with their own databases.

Nation and World Ghost gun background checks and serial numbers to remain as Supreme Court upholds Biden rule Published: Mar. 26, 2025, 3:32 p.m.

The proposed legislation would introduce a mandatory 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases, requiring gun dealers to delay sales even if a background check is approved immediately.

"When we think about a background check system, usually 90% of these background checks will go through in moments. So anything that is taking longer means it requires further investigation by law ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado’s gun background check system "worked as designed" when the Boulder attack suspect was prevented from buying a gun in the months before the attack, the Colorado ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A three-day outage of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s (TBI) background check system caused no shortage of frustration for a Johnson City gun store. Gun st… ...

AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File Firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021 By Oregon Capital Chronicle March 12, 2025 10:24 am Published March 12, 2025 9:51 am ...