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 Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-6 in favor of the 11th-hour compromise that bans sale of ... in the vote. A gun dealer in his private life outside the State House, Ciccone told The Journal that ...

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

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.

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.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - A bill that would require background checks on private gun sales narrowly passed in the Maine House today. The vote was 69 to 68. While the state currently requires a ...

The measure focuses on gun manufacturers and “firearms industry members,” meaning that private sales between individuals would not be subject to the provisions of the bill, Stafstrom said ...