After a year without any significant gun legislation passed by Congress since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Florida, Democrats introduced a bill banning high-capacity gun ...

The database defined extended-capacity magazines as ones where the gun’s standard magazine had been replaced with a larger one. ... No background check law can prevent all private gun transfers.

Of the 345,547 background checks performed, the system rejected 62,000 prospective ammo purchases because information hadn’t been entered into the Department of Justice gun registration database.

The sale of new fully automatic weapons has been banned since 1986, but there are an estimated 182,600 pre-1986 machine guns in the United States that may be bought and sold legally.

In a major defeat for supporters of tougher gun laws, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated a compromise plan to expand background checks on firearms sales as well as a proposal to ban some semi ...

Benitez has drawn criticism from Newsom for multiple decisions favoring firearms owners, including a Sept. 2023 ruling that California’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines was unconstitutional.

An analysis of Armslist purchases by Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group, found nearly 1.2 million ads last year “for firearm sales where no background check” was required.

In a 2015 interview with gun magazine AmmoLand, the president said background checks don't need to be expanded — the current system isn't working. "I do not support expanding background checks ...

I plan on supporting national politicians, regardless of party, that will vote to implement universal gun background checks and limit the magazine capacity for semi-automatic assault rifles to 10 ...

California cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, a federal judge ruled Friday. The decision from U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez won't take effect ...

Maine does not ban high-capacity magazines and does not require a permit to carry concealed guns. Everytown ranked Maine No. 25 among all states for the strength of gun laws, saying: “State ...