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 ...

The bill would require federally licensed gun dealers to run background checks on private party gun sales for a fee of $30. More than 500 federally licensed firearms dealers operate around the state.

Bill requiring background checks for private gun sales clears committee ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...