Joe Manchin watched his background checks proposal go down in defeat this month ... and eased other restrictions on sales across state lines. For example, active military members would be allowed ...

According to a copy obtained by CNN, the document circulating on the Hill describing the proposal states that “a background check requirement would be extended to all advertised commercial sales ...

Obama said the background-checks proposal did not include everything ... crime or keep our kids safe in their schools." In an example of the political risk of gun votes, the liberal Progressive ...

Manchin and Toomey’s plan would mandate record-keeping of the background checks. That is a Democratic proposal opposed by the NRA, the nation’s largest gun-rights lobby. Law enforcement ...

A proposal to strengthen educator background checks and limit confidentiality agreements between schools and teachers advanced Thursday. The House Education Committee added the proposed changes to ...

Andrew Harnik AP President Donald Trump’s controversial voting commission will weigh a proposal Tuesday about requiring a background check ... “For example, in Kansas, you can register to ...