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Law
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Background Checks
To mark the anniversary of the 1993 Brady Bill, The Trace charted the evolving landscape of gun purchasing and gun violence.
Security experts see danger in a Justice Department policy that weakens the system for screening firearms buyers wanted by law enforcement.
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.
Gun Policy
Proposed fixes on the state and federal level have been thwarted by a mix of NRA opposition and legislative indifference.
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.
Cedric Ford was a convicted felon who was served a protective order 90 minutes before he began his rampage.
It marks the government’s first high profile case against an unlicensed gun seller since President Barack Obama's executive actions.
