SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Statistics show that the number of people who are trying to buy firearms has climbed dramatically this year. The South Bend Tribune reports that FBI statistics show that ...

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases. The bill would force unlicensed and private gun sellers to conduct a background check prior ...

Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were conducted in June. It's just the latest month with record-breaking numbers since the system was created in 1998. The FBI ...

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal are leading a bill to expand federal background checks to all gun sales made in the United States, officials said. The legislation, called the ...

After Australia's deadliest mass shooting in 1996, the country rushed in some of the world's toughest gun laws, including ...