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Gun Policy
Bureau insiders dissect the downsides to the president’s action on private dealers who should be running background checks.
Background Checks
The FBI ran more of them last month than in any other January since the system went live.
"I don't believe in fairy tales," says a board member of a trade group set to meet with the ATF next week.
Politics
The legislation would have updated a controversial law widely seen as a detriment to the technology.
It's one of a few overlooked sides of the president's executive actions on guns. Here's why they may wind up having the most tangible effects.
The president's executive actions punctuate Democrats’ emboldened approach to an issue the party is now eager to run on — rather than from.
