An Arizona House panel has approved a bill that would bar state and local governments from requiring background checks on private party gun sales. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Watch Now ...

Gov. Josh Stein vetoed legislation on Wednesday that would have given private schools the option of letting teachers or school volunteers carry concealed handguns on campus. House Bill 193 would have ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday night a comprehensive measure that supporters called one of the nation’s toughest bans on military style firearms, immediately prohibiting their sale ...

What does it do? SB 143 requires almost all private-party gun transfers or sales to be run through a state-administered background check conducted by a federally licensed firearms dealer.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - A bill that would require background checks on private gun sales narrowly passed in the Maine House today. The vote was 69 to 68. While the state currently requires a ...