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

As it has after every incident of a mass shooting in the United States since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the conversation in and out of Washington has turned to gun control ...

Despite widespread support, laws enforcing universal background checks at the time of firearm purchase may not be enough to move the needle on reducing shooting deaths in the United States. A Tufts ...

To identify the background check laws in each state, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data compiled by the gun violence prevention group Giffords Law Center. Supplementary data on the share of households that ...

A Virginia judge reaffirmed an injunction blocking the state’s “universal background check” law Wednesday, days after ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Kevin Pollard, 21, of Redding reloads his shotgun at a public shooting range ...

It’s a long tradition in America: A father buys a gun for his son or daughter to practice with at a range and eventually take hunting. It’s one so rich in American life that many states are ...

As is usually the case in DC, we can predict the outcome of the Senate's vote on a unified package of gun measures a few weeks before the vote happens. One of the only question marks — universal ...

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia require universal background checks for ...