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SEATTLE (AP) — Recent mass shootings have spurred Congress to try to improve the nation’s gun background check system that has failed on numerous occasions to keep weapons out of the hands of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal personnel agency whose records were plundered by hackers linked to China says it has temporarily shut down a massive database used to update and store background ...

A federal system for doing background checks on law enforcement officers has gone offline — thanks to an executive order signed by President Trump when he returned to the White House on Jan. 20. The ...

SYSTEM. THAT’S RIGHT, JEN. UNDER FEDERAL LAW, SOMEONE WHO HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH RECORD SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE NICS DATABASE. BUT THERE’S NO MECHANISM TO DO THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SO THAT BILL ...

Handguns sit in a display case for sale at a Pawn Shop in Mesquite, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. There is near universal agreement that certain people, those who have been convicted of a felony, ...

Anyone who thought a weakened National Rifle Association couldn't hold off expanded gun laws doesn't understand a key point about American politics: It doesn't take a majority, it takes a pressure ...

NY's system checks if someone buying a weapon is a convicted felon or using a controlled substance among other criteria. The ...

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (Reuters) - The man who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history was able to buy guns legally from a sporting goods store because a prior domestic violence ...

DISA, which provides background checks for employers including Fortune 500 companies, has suffered a data breach comprising the records of more than 3.3 million people, according to a Feb. 21 filing ...

In the flurry of first-day executive orders, President Trump revoked a 2022 police accountability package, including a system to flag misconduct. Trump took down police misconduct database, but states ...