where people who can’t pass a background check can buy large quantities of guns. Armslist quickly took off. By 2011, it was one of the largest online gun sites in the country, with more than ...

Quite a few readers flagged Obama’s claim that a violent felon can buy a gun online without a background check, so we decided to fact-check it. Some readers seemed to think Obama was suggesting ...

“Whether its Armslist.com or Instagram, there are too many easy ways for criminals to buy guns online without a background check,” said John Feinblatt, Mayor Bloomberg’s chief policy advise ...

But when he wanted to buy one, it wasn’t hard ... And there is also evidence that state background check laws can significantly influence online gun sales by discouraging private sellers ...

The Federal Trade Commission wants two online background check services to pay a combined $5.8 million for allegedly deceiving customers about whether they had criminal records. The FTC filed the ...

(Spencer Platt / Getty Images) Millions of gun sales occur in Texas and across the U.S. without background checks — in online marketplaces ... who cannot legally buy a gun.

Jan 31 (Reuters) - California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition, because it violates the constitutional right to bear arms, a federal judge has ...