The number of firearm sales prohibited due to customers failing background checks hit a record high last year with more than 300,000 sales prevented, with more than 40% of those attempted purchases being made by…
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told CNN on Wednesday that his discussions with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about a bill to expand background checks on firearms have failed to produce a deal…
Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton grilled President Joe Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives nominee, David Chipman, about whether he would investigate Hunter Biden — if confirmed — for reportedly falsifying information …
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rejected the White House/Department of Justice (DOJ) universal background check plan that was circulated in a memo on Wednesday.
Monday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) was shown speaking to reporters about gun control. On a universal background check bill, Klobuchar said, “Mitch McConnell is going to have…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley stated that President Trump “was very clear” that he wants “meaningful background checks” during his discussion with…
While universal background checks are pushed as a response to the El Paso and Dayton shooting attacks, it should be remembered that such checks are unenforceable without a gun registry.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that he has never seen President Trump as determined as he is to ensure law enforcement can…
Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggests President Trump should “demand” universal background checks in the wake of the Texas and Ohio shootings.
Democrat gun control advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to put out a rally call for the Senate to take up the universal background check for gun purchases bill the House passed 114 days…
Democrat presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke praised universal background checks on Tuesday but did not acknowledge that such checks failed to stop May 7, 2019, STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting.
During the hearings for universal background checks, House Democrats rejected a proposal to alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if an illegal alien is discovered via a background check for a firearm.
A red flag law and universal background checks failed to stop the Aurora, Illinois, shooting that killed five people Friday.
A UC Davis study examining the first ten years after California adopted universal background checks shows that those checks did not reduce homicides.
During an interview aired on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that bringing up bipartisan legislation on background checks “will be a priority for us in the next Congress.”…