Jo Lee Ferguson is on leave, but Answer Line will return in the future. This Answer Line originally was published in October 2019. QUESTION: I keep reading stories about federal background checks to ...

Background checks performed by the FBI on those hoping to purchase a firearm have risen, sometimes dramatically, throughout the country in the past five years. Ohio matched the trend, as the state ...

The Justice Department's new rule requires background checks for all gun sales, not just ones sold at gun stores. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it will save lives. The president said the ...