The House voted 219-210, mostly along party lines, to pass a gun control measure introduced by Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C to extend the the waiting period for background checks to 10 days.

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 ...

The House recently passed H.R. 8, a gun-control bill aimed at closing the Gun Show Loophole. Here's what the bill contains as it moves on to the Senate.

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has approved a bill to limit the proliferation of high-powered "assault weapons," a compromise that split the gun-control community on its way to final votes on ...

A Democratic state senator who signed on as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 3, which would ban the manufacture and sale of certain semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and handguns that can accept detachable ...

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi went unmentioned, but Shekarchi in his own turn got in a dig at McKee for putting an "assault weapons" ban in his proposed budget, where the speaker said he and Rep.

A bill that would ban the sale of certain high-powered firearms in Colorado now gives exceptions to gun purchasers who go through training under a Senate amendment approved Friday.. Senate Bill 3 ...

Gov. Jared Polis signed a sweeping gun-control measure into law Thursday, the culmination of years of effort by advocates and progressive Democrats to limit the sale of high-powered semiautomatic w… ...

The gun permit bill is one step away from law, requiring permits and live-fire training for prospective gun buyers in Washington.

A controversial gun-control bill in Colorado seems more likely to pass now that lawmakers have added a permit-to-purchase amendment. Senate Bill 3 would limit the sale of semi-automatic firearms with ...