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Background checks for gun purchases are supposed to be quick, but in some parts of the country they are... The post Background check delays are spiking in some states: what buyers can do legally ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump offered support Monday for an effort to strengthen the federal gun background check system as he hunkered down at his private Florida golf course ...

More than four out of ten would-be buyers had felony convictions on their records, according to the group Everytown for Gun Safety.

Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were conducted in June. It's just the latest month with record-breaking numbers since the system was created in 1998. The FBI ...

WASHINGTON — The FBI was flooded Friday with more than 200,000 background check requests for gun purchases, setting a new single-day record, the bureau reported Saturday. In all, the FBI fielded ...

And by law, when a person passes the FBI background check, the FBI destroys that file. It means it's difficult, if not impossible, to track legal purchases by owner — unless a state, like California ...