The Minnesota House of Representatives is considering two gun control measures: one expanding background checks, and another enacting a "red flag" firearm confiscation law.

President Donald Trump on Monday called for expanded background checks and a red-flag law after the shootings over the weekend. Wisconsin voters tend to support background checks.

RICHMOND, Va. — A background investigator erroneously failed to check a would-be trooper's mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he ...

Whitmer to call for universal background checks, red flag law in State of the State. Updated: Jan. 24, ... which is illegal for felons. As of Jan. 18, about 2,200 “check-ins” have turned up ...

Less than two weeks ago, a confident Gov. Mike DeWine was not backing off his insistence that a “red flag” law and universal background checks would be part of his bid to reduce gun violence.