Gun background checks in November slipped noticeably, interrupting the long run of elevated demand that has defined recent years. You are looking at a market that is still large by historical ...

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases. The bill would force unlicensed and private gun sellers to conduct a background check prior ...

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 ...

Five Republicans crossed party lines on Tuesday to pass a bill in the Pennsylvania state House mandating universal background checks for gun purchases. The state currently only requires background ...

Advocates of common-sense gun laws often cite the number of firearm deaths in the United States—nearly 50,000 per year—as a ...