Background checks for gun purchases are supposed to be quick, but in some parts of the country they are stretching from minutes into days or even weeks. When that happens, you are left in limbo, ...

In a major victory for the Second Amendment the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week struck down a first-of-its-kind law that required a background check before every purchase of ammunition ...

The truth is that a solid background screening program is really a compliance program in a friendlier outfit. Every disclosure, every consent, every adjudication note, every pause for adverse action, ...

When federal systems slow or stall, it can feel like the floor drops out from under your hiring process. E-Verify backlogs, federal record delays, and the ticking clock on background check data can ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington State House has passed a bill allowing the State Patrol to set its own fee for firearm background checks, removing the previous $18 cap. The bill aims to enable the patrol ...

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 ...