An Arizona House panel has approved a bill that would bar state and local governments from requiring background checks on private party gun sales. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Watch Now ...

The bill would require federally licensed gun dealers to run background checks on private party gun sales for a fee of $30. More than 500 federally licensed firearms dealers operate around the state.

That’s what legislative Democrats did with a bill requiring background checks on private-party gun sales. It says something about the popularity of your proposal when you’re desperate to hide ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday night a comprehensive measure that supporters called one of the nation’s toughest bans on military style firearms, immediately prohibiting their sale ...

The version of the Assault Weapons Ban that will be signed by Governor Dan McKee on Thursday is not the same bill introduced ...

A Republican-led Florida Senate committee passed a bill that would close the so-called “gun show loophole” but still allow most private-party gun sales to take place without background checks.

What does it do? SB 143 requires almost all private-party gun transfers or sales to be run through a state-administered background check conducted by a federally licensed firearms dealer.

A Republican-led Florida Senate committee passed a bill that would close the so-called “gun show loophole” but still allow most private-party gun sales to take place without background checks.

In California, when private citizens want to sell guns, they must go to licensed gun dealers who broker the transactions. According to law, the dealer must complete background checks on the two ...

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not … ...

Police said an FBI background check successfully blocked him from buying the gun from the dealer on Oct. 8. He then bought a gun in a private sale.