A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that California's first-of-its-kind law requiring gun owners to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition is unconstitutional, declaring that it violates ...

A background check system critical to the firearms purchase process is back online after being down for about three weeks during a cyberattack on the state of Nevada. The Brady Firearms Unit ...

Montgomery County school officials told a council committee Friday that they’ve made progress updating the criminal background checks on employees in the system. In August, the Office of the Inspector ...