The Line: 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check. The Party: Democratic gun-control advocates Editor’s note: This is one of an occasional series called “Party Lines ...

Vermont is the only state without such laws, Nichols said. Just how many gun purchases don’t require federal background checks, and how does that happen? Forty percent of all firearms purchased ...

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“We have to end the absurdity of the gun show loophole. Forty percent of the guns in this country are sold without any background checks.” — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on NBC’s “Meet ...

But private sellers, those who make “occasional sales” for a “personal collection or for a hobby,” can sell guns without looking into the buyer’s background. The law is vague and sets no ...

The White House told PolitiFact that Biden wasn’t suggesting that every gun transaction at a gun show would take place without a background check. Instead, he meant that sales without background ...

Jon Lowy, director of the legal action project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, says, “The last figure we have is 40 percent of gun sales take place without a background check.

Sponsor Message In October, Harvard researchers surveyed 2,000 gun owners and found that roughly 40 percent got their most recent gun without submitting to a background check. That finding lines ...

But not every seller at a gun show is a federally licensed to sell firearms, which can lead to the private sales of guns without a background check. Some states have passed their own background ...

Since the publication of this story, FOX 13 Investigates has learned 326 educators across Utah were hired without background checks. Click here for the update. The FOX 13 Investigates team has ...