Federal gun policy is shifting from a patchwork of dealer rules and background checks toward a more explicit question: should you need a national license before you can buy or keep a firearm. The new ...

The latest push in the Senate to require a federal license before someone can buy a gun is built around a simple premise: if the government already screens people before they drive a car or prescribe ...

The Gun Control Act allows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives one option: "We giveth a license. We take it away, through the revocation process, which involves due process," said ...