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Background checks for gun purchases are supposed to be quick, but in some parts of the country they are stretching from minutes into days or even weeks. When that happens, you are left in limbo, ...

A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat gun violence ...

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Federal law barred Jody Lee Hunt from ever owning a gun. But when he wanted to buy one, it wasn’t hard: He found a seller on Facebook. Hunt was a felon who had spent time in prison for abducting a ...

Regarding "New legislation can help curb gun violence in the U.S." (Page B7, Friday),the essay by Barry Wolfer promoting increased background checks to decrease gun violence ignores an important ...