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THE FACE OF LONG ODDS AT THE STATEHOUSE. TWO HIGH PROFILE GUN CONTROL DEBATES ARE BEING ROLLED INTO ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION. HOUSE BILL 56 WOULD REQUIRE A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR ALMOST ALL FIREARM ...
Editor’s note: This story and headline have been corrected. An earlier version overstated the number of gun sales that have been recorded in Illinois. Concerns about looming gun control legislation ...
The Biden Administration announced a proposed rule change that would close the so-called “gun show loophole,” requiring all gun salesmen, regardless of whether they sell in brick-and-mortar stores, at ...
In 2021, the House passed legislation that would extend gun background checks to private sales. But the measure didn’t reach a vote in the Senate. For years, polls have shown a majority of Americans ...
There were over 1 million opportunities for someone to buy a gun from a licensed dealer without a completed background check in 2020 and 2021, according to an FBI report released last month. In all, 1 ...
In an effort to prevent possibly dangerous people with mental illness from buying guns, Tennessee in 2013 passed a law requiring court clerks to report involuntary mental health hospitalizations and ...
Here's why: In a Rose Garden event, President Joe Biden announced several actions his administration will take to address what he called an "epidemic" of gun violence. Biden repeated his call for ...