It’s difficult to remember now, but one of the last major items on the table for Congress before the novel coronavirus swept the globe last year was a gun control bill. Early in 2019, House Democrats ...

The Brady Law, the landmark Clinton-era legislation that instituted background checks for all licensed gun purchases, has its 20 th birthday on Friday. And instead of cake and ice cream, the Brady ...

Senators rejected two gun background proposals Monday evening largely along party lines just over a week after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Senators voted 53-47 on a proposal from Sen.

The debate surrounding gun control is often framed in terms of extremes. Gun rights supporters speak of an absolute "right to bear arms," while gun control advocates cite recent killing sprees in ...

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut is reintroducing legislation Tuesday that would require universal background checks on the sale or transfer of all firearms. Universal background checks ...