Editor's Note: For the last few years, advocates for gun control have changed their focus. They no longer talk so much about banning weapons. Instead, they are calling for "universal background checks ...
The Brady Law, the landmark Clinton-era legislation that instituted background checks for all licensed gun purchases, has its 20 th birthday on Friday. And instead of cake and ice cream, the Brady ...
Senators rejected two gun background proposals Monday evening largely along party lines just over a week after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Senators voted 53-47 on a proposal from Sen.