I-594 would expand those background checks to private transfers or sales, like some of the transactions at gun shows.

Private parties are also required to either have a permit to purchase or a permit to carry if they want to transfer a firearm. Getting a permit to purchase will now take up to 30 days instead of ...

A federal gun law passed last year gave the Biden administration a powerful new tool to increase background checks on “private” firearms sales. Will the administration use it?

But despite decades of insecurity, private gun ownership never approached the levels seen in the United States, where surveys show about one-third of adults own firearms.

Millions of gun sales occur in Texas and across the U.S. without background checks — in online marketplaces, on social media, at gun shows and from the trunks of cars in parking lots. Guns in ...

New Gun Store Tracking Code Deputizes Private Firms To Do Government's Bidding Politicians bypass hard legislative work and constitutional protections to target activities they don’t like.

You’d think increased access to guns would mean more customers, but for licensed gun dealers across the state, nothing’s changing.

Private sales and transfers of guns will be subject to a criminal background check. How will this work? MPR News host was joined by Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges.

The governor's office said Republicans mischaracterized the background check proposal and incorrectly stoked fear that it would lead to a registry of firearm owners.

Connecticut residents who want to transfer a gun will be put on hold for a few days next month, as the state police unit tasked with firearms licensing upgrades its computer system, state police ...

A new state law designed to expand background checks at Virginia gun shows has resulted in only one person being denied the purchase of a weapon at 41 weekend events ...

The New Hampshire House is once again rejecting expanded background checks and a 72-hour waiting period on firearm sales.