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Background Checks
Proponents of universal background checks helped set the stage for a victory in the Land of Enchantment, but the NRA is stepping up its counter-offensive.
The old 40 percent estimate came from a research paper I co-authored. Here’s why I think the new number is good news for reform advocates.
The Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter was one of several recent high-profile gunmen who suffered from psychiatric issues but did not meet the high bar for a firearms ban.
Research updating a 23-year-old estimate indicates loophole may be shrinking, though many online sales remain unregulated
Private transactions, exceedingly slow reviews, and laws that don’t recognize the threat from abusers all pose steep challenges to keeping firearms away from people who can’t legally possess them.
The same loophole allowed the Charleston shooter to purchase the weapon he used to kill nine worshippers last year.
Answers to your pressing questions on firearm background checks, potentially violent extremists, and the so-called terror gap.
A New Hampshire shooting brings the mental health reporting debate to the state's gubernatorial campaign.
The decline follows predictions that an epic boom in firearms sales may finally be slowing.
The FBI performed more than 2.5 million of them.
Both sides in the contentious Washington state background check fight say that their position is vindicated by newly reported FBI data.
February was the third busiest month on record for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
It marks the government’s first high profile case against an unlicensed gun seller since President Barack Obama's executive actions.
And 100 percent of them are wrong.
The FBI ran more of them last month than in any other January since the system went live.