Category: National Instant Criminal Background Check System

NSSF-NRA Schism on Full Display at 2023 SHOT Show

LAS VEGAS—With the Biden administration touting a revival of the 1990s-era “assault weapons” ban and encouraging states to tighten gun-control regulations, the firearms industry and gun-owners’ rights advocates—with notable exceptions—say Congress and state lawmakers should instead focus on keeping weapons out of criminals’ hands and on boosting mental health programs. For more than a decade,…


FBI Pressured People to Give up Their Gun Rights, Documents Show

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has pressured Americans to “voluntarily” give up their Second Amendment rights, which is potentially illegal, according to newly disclosed documents. FBI officials had Americans fill out a form that said they want the FBI to make it illegal for them to purchase or own guns forever because of a…