Firearm Background Checks News Today

Before you can ever pull the trigger on a new gun purchase, you have to pass an instant background check. In Tennessee, the problem has become it's not always up-to-date and accurate.

Just under two weeks into the state run ammunition background checks, gun store owners and customers feel time has only made things worse.

The Texas House advanced SB 728, which would give federal law enforcement more information during routine background checks for gun purchases.

The new laws will not go into effect until after the legislative session ends in December.

Week, asnt from buckingham palace yet again, business as usual. the title of the event tonight "royal carols together at christmas," except, of course, without harry and meghan. norah. >> odonnell: ramy inocencio, thank you. a judge today hand down the longest prison sentences yet in the plot to kidnap michigans governor. three members of a paramilitary group called wolverine watchmen received sentences ranging from seven to 12 years behind bars. they were convicted in october of providing mater...

The governors of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut came together Thursday to announce a new i

Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a new push to enact the first major new gun control laws in more than two decades -- starting with stricter background checks.

Deaths from firearms and 22,000 suicides and 14,000 homicides and we see states that have the most laws are most states that have the fewest fatalities and approximately 40% fewer. >> wow. were hearing a lot of talk in washington about universal background checks and the house, we know, already passed a bill requiring background checks on all gun sales including those at gun shows and with online retailers, but the senate hasnt done anything with it. there does seem to be bipartisan support also...

There are more details emerging tonight about a shooting at a new york mall. police say 67-year-old employee was shot following a potential robbery today inside a jewelry store. it all happened at a packed mall on new yorks long island. the victim is listed in serious, but stable condition. the shooting suspect now in police custody. terrorism fears, meantime, are helping to drive gun sales this holiday season. recent figures from the fbi reveal more than 2 million firearm background checks we...