Licensed gun sellers use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, NICS, to determine people’s eligibility to purchase firearms. The system consists of three databases that contain ...

WASHINGTON – The FBI has been issuing more seizure orders for guns sold to suspected prohibited buyers than at any time in the history of the federal firearm background check system, according to the ...

Intensive care nurse Meynard Villa was on the verge of losing his family’s $150,000 investment in his new senior care home because he couldn't hire workers while grappling with a glitchy state system ...

One interagency official said a long-awaited implementation strategy for the National Background Investigation Services system would be released this week. Security Clearances Two government officials ...

Gun rights advocates have asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to dismantle California’s ammunition background check system, arguing in a new legal filing that the state’s regime is so riddled ...

The cities of Dayton and Columbus have settled a multi-year lawsuit against the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation that alleged the state agency’s background check system is dangerous and broken ...

State lawmakers have passed a bill that could improve Tennessee’s gun background check process through a universal court filing system. The push comes as the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation faces a ...

TAKING ANOTHER SWING AT PASSING THIS BILL THAT SUPPORTERS SAY ADDRESSES A MAJOR LOOPHOLE IN THE FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. <NATS> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE A GUNMAN ...

The computerized FBI system that allows instant background checks for retail handgun purchases in the U.S. had technical problems that caused outages on Sunday and Monday. Paul Bresson, a spokesman ...

America is grappling yet again with the devastating fallout from an episode of gun violence – this time after a deadly July Fourth parade shooting that has renewed public outcry over firearm policy in ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Intensive care nurse Meynard Villa was on the verge of losing his family’s $150,000 investment in his new senior care home because he couldn’t hire workers while grappling ...

Viral Instagram post: “They removed your ability to go buy firearms the day of election.” The Nov. 8 video features a man addressing the camera while standing in a wooded area. He mentions "voting ...