As it has after every incident of a mass shooting in the United States since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the conversation in and out of Washington has turned to gun control ...

With a key cut-off deadline nearing Wednesday, Governor Jay Inslee is pressuring lawmakers to pass universal background checks for private gun sales and through gun shows. After losing support from a ...

Washington has dueling gun initiatives on the November ballot. I-594 and I-591 seek to do the opposite of each other when it comes to universal background checks. Both can be easily mixed up thanks to ...

House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a proposal mandating background checks for purchasers of any type of firearm in Pennsylvania, though the proposal faces long odds of passing in the Senate.

PHOENIX — Mayors Against Illegal Guns are ramping up the call for universal background checks on gun sales with a new ad featuring law enforcement officers from across the country, including two from ...

During a political panel of America’s Newsroom this morning, Fox liberal contributor Kirsten Powers went head-to-head with GOP analyst Tony Sayegh over the effectiveness of universal background checks ...

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The most broadly supported component of legislation aimed at curbing gun violence may not make it into the Senate's "best chance at legislative consensus" on firearms because, after all, this is ...

As the Senate prepares to bring gun control legislation to a vote this month, universal background checks seem to be a sticking point--despite recent polling showing widespread public support for such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania House passed a bill Tuesday that would require universal background checks for gun ...

As is usually the case in DC, we can predict the outcome of the Senate's vote on a unified package of gun measures a few weeks before the vote happens. One of the only question marks — universal ...