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 ...

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

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 ...

Bill requiring background checks for private gun sales clears committee ...

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.

Senate Bill 1122 would prevent areas from requiring a third party or the use of background checks in the “private sale, gift, donation or other transfer of personal property.” The House ...

Minutes into the earlier Senate debate, Democratic Sen. Pamela Lauria attempted to reinstate the language banning possession ...

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.