Background checks for gun purchases are supposed to be quick, but in some parts of the country they are stretching from minutes into days or even weeks. When that happens, you are left in limbo, ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Gun buyers in Maryland should expect delays for background checks because of a “catastrophic hardware failure” in a state data system, authorities said in an advisory this week. The ...

Firearms are on display in a Salem gun shop. Advocates for gun owners and the Oregon State Police are debating the the efficacy of the state’s longstanding system for clearing gun background checks.

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 ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases, another blow to the state’s gun control framework that has ...

Advocates for gun owners and the Oregon State Police are at odds over the efficacy of the state’s longstanding system for clearing gun background checks, as the future of the agency’s firearm safety ...