The White House is to close a loophole that allows thousands of firearms to be sold at gun shows and on the internet without federal background checks. It will classify around 23,000 vendors as ...

But his call for an assault weapons ban, universal background checks on gun sales and repealing gun manufacturers' immunity from prosecution are unlikely to make headway while Republicans control ...

No personal or confidential data was obtained ... the state was processing approximately 700 background checks of gun buyers every day. The process that typically takes 10 business days, could ...