/tags/background-checks background checks en-US Copyright Tue, 21 May 2024 11:06:10 GMT /news/2024-05-21/judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-enforcing-new-gun-sales-background-check-rule-in-texas A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule in Texas that would require firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. Tue, 21 May 2024 11:06:10 GMT /news/2024-05-21/judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-enforcing-new-gun-sales-background-check-rule-in-texas The Associated Press /politics/2024-04-11/heres-the-new-plan-to-boost-background-checks-for-guns-bought-at-shows-or-online The Justice Department's new rule requires background checks for all gun sales, not just ones sold at gun stores. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it will save lives. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:19:52 GMT /politics/2024-04-11/heres-the-new-plan-to-boost-background-checks-for-guns-bought-at-shows-or-online Deepa Shivaram /texas-news/2022-07-13/texas-law-on-gun-background-checks-plagued-by-critical-omissions-of-minors-mental-health-records Lawmakers tried in 2009 to require that the state report all court-ordered mental health hospitalizations to a federal gun background check system. Juveniles have been left out. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:15:00 GMT /texas-news/2022-07-13/texas-law-on-gun-background-checks-plagued-by-critical-omissions-of-minors-mental-health-records Jeremy Schwartz | The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Kiah Collier | The Texas Tribune and Propublica /news/2019-12-03/gun-background-checks-are-on-pace-to-break-record-in-2019 Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to buy… Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:58:26 GMT /news/2019-12-03/gun-background-checks-are-on-pace-to-break-record-in-2019 Associated Press /news/2019-09-10/fort-worth-mayor-betsy-price-joins-bipartisan-mayors-group-calling-for-universal-background-checks Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, a longtime Republican, joined a bipartisan group of U.S. mayors Monday who met with President Donald Trump's senior advisors… Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:34:06 GMT /news/2019-09-10/fort-worth-mayor-betsy-price-joins-bipartisan-mayors-group-calling-for-universal-background-checks Juan Pablo Garnham / Texas Tribune /news/2019-09-06/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-and-nra-feud-over-gun-background-checks Two usual political allies — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and the National Rifle Association — traded rhetorical blows Friday after Patrick continued to vocally… Fri, 06 Sep 2019 20:25:39 GMT /news/2019-09-06/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-and-nra-feud-over-gun-background-checks Alex Samuels | Texas Tribune /2019-08-22/man-arrested-in-pease-park-should-not-have-been-able-to-buy-rifle-gun-store-owner-says A 23-year-old man arrested last week in Pease Park with several weapons, including an AR-15-type rifle, should not have been allowed to buy the weapon,... Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:56:51 GMT /2019-08-22/man-arrested-in-pease-park-should-not-have-been-able-to-buy-rifle-gun-store-owner-says Trey Shaar /2019-08-15/after-el-paso-shooting-suburban-houston-voters-reexamine-their-own-views-on-guns Texas is home to some of the deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history. It's making some in a once solidly Republican community outside Houston revisit their positions on gun control. Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:26:00 GMT /2019-08-15/after-el-paso-shooting-suburban-houston-voters-reexamine-their-own-views-on-guns Claudia Grisales /news/2019-04-04/multiple-states-miss-reporting-deadline-for-improving-fbi-background-checks-for-gun-purchases A year after President Donald Trump signed legislation requiring states and federal agencies to add more information to the database that gun dealerships… Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:11:31 GMT /news/2019-04-04/multiple-states-miss-reporting-deadline-for-improving-fbi-background-checks-for-gun-purchases Anthony Cave /news/2019-01-08/what-are-universal-background-checks-here-is-a-breakdown Lawmakers this week are reintroducing federal legislation that would require background checks on nearly all gun purchases — what they call "universal… Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:42:24 GMT /news/2019-01-08/what-are-universal-background-checks-here-is-a-breakdown Chris Haxel / KCUR