All posts tagged "Background Checks"

Nine black people were shot to death by a self-proclaimed racist in South Carolina because of the color of their skin, and the country is having a debate about whether or not the statehouse should continue flying the Confederate flag.

A gun show held about once a month near Austin ends in January after county commissioners and the show management failed to come to terms over a county demand for federal background checks on all gun sales.

The Obama administration proposed two new federal gun control rules Friday to ensure more information about the mentally ill reaches background check databases, after a series of high-profile US shootings.

A Republican lawmaker who has called background checks on guns a "knee-jerk reaction" to mass shootings slammed President Barack Obama's health care reform law on Sunday for not providing background checks on the workers hired as "Navigators" to help Americans understand the law.

The US Navy said Monday it is pushing for more rigorous background checks after a review showed gaps in the case of a former sailor who went on a shooting rampage last week.

Private gun sales in Illinois must now be approved by state police under a law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn (D) on Sunday.