Federally licensed gun stores use the National Instant Criminal Background System, or NICS, to check if a gun buyer is prohibited under federal law from possessing a firearm. In 2015, a committee of ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine proposed a "red flag" law to remove guns from potentially violent people and universal background checks for gun sales. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a pair of bills to expand background checks for gun purchasers over objections from Republicans led by Ohio Republican Rep ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announces 'more streamlined and accurate process for background checks' It's connected with entering warrants and protection orders into the state and national databases.

Background checks have been required for the purchase of firearms from federally licensed dealers since 1998 under the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act.

A gun safety group has taken the first step toward changing Ohio law to require background checks on virtually all guns sales, including those done privately. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Ohio voters won’t face a measure that would require universal background checks on gun purchases until at least November 2021, after backers pulled the plug on efforts to get a vote during the ...

Ohio officials are pushing to strengthen the state and federal background check systems in an effort to stop people from getting guns when they have outstanding violent warrants.. Gov. Mike DeWine ...

As President Donald Trump expressed support for enhanced background checks for gun buyers after mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman said he’d favor some ways ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine reveals details of a new streamlined and accurate process for background checks with entering warrants and protection orders. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...