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FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — America has set a record for the number of firearm background checks run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, month-by-month, to start a year. “There’s ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the chamber, have differing opinions on how to to address gun control laws and improve America's ...

The FBI recently released its 2003-2004 Operations Report highlighting improvements and achievements of its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), run out of the Criminal Justice ...

An audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not consistently comply with National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ...

Firearm background checks surged in the week following the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. These high numbers of NICS checks don't necessarily indicate gun sales, but rather ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of remote business models for services we previously thought could only be delivered in-person, from virtual meetings to online banking to ...

This story is part of a KXAN series of reports called “Stop Mass Shootings,” providing context and exploring solutions surrounding gun violence in the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting. We ...