Editor's Note: For the last few years, advocates for gun control have changed their focus. They no longer talk so much about banning weapons. Instead, they are calling for "universal background checks ...

The Brady Law, the landmark Clinton-era legislation that instituted background checks for all licensed gun purchases, has its 20 th birthday on Friday. And instead of cake and ice cream, the Brady ...

In the most high-profile congressional vote on gun control in years, House Democrats are set to pass a bipartisan measure this week that mandates federal background checks on all gun sales, including ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill unveiled Wednesday would incentivize increased background checks and stipulates ...

Senators rejected two gun background proposals Monday evening largely along party lines just over a week after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Senators voted 53-47 on a proposal from Sen.

House Democrats pass another bill to strengthen gun background checks. President Donald Trump has already pledged to veto the measure along with another the chamber approved Wednesday. The House ...

Listen carefully to how President Donald Trump answered a question Sunday about his support for expanded gun control measures: “So, Congress is working on that. They have bipartisan committees working ...

Washington — Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania who is among the group of senators negotiating a package of new gun laws, said Sunday that a proposal to expand background checks is "on ...

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