That requirement caused a spike in the number of requests for background checks resulting in a massive backlog. 5 Investigates has been battling DCF for the past five months to find out exactly ...

While most states use the federal gun background check system, Tennessee is one of a handful of “point-of-contact” states that conduct their own firearm background checks with their own databases.

The federal government is struggling to conduct background checks on people seeking security clearances, creating a backlog that one industry group says encompasses more than 700,000 applicants ...

About 20 police officers from across the state have been enlisted to help the Maryland State Police complete tens of thousands of background checks for gun buyers that have been languishing for sev… ...

A temporary solution to a massive backlog of gun background checks was offered to Maryland State Police and made its way all the way to the governor's office, but it stopped there.

State police are dealing with a massive backlog as they try to process thousands of background checks on people waiting to buy handguns in Maryland. And in some cases, that delay has helped guns ...

DENVER — A FOX31 Denver investigation exposes a crack in the system that’s allowing potentially dangerous criminals to work in Colorado day care centers for months without passing a background ...

HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut officials are setting aside millions of dollars to address backlogs in background checks that have soared into the thousands since the December school shooting in … ...

Tennessee's gun background check system hampered by backlog. A new law might change that TBI is still working to clear a backlog of more than 530,000 court cases not yet linked to criminal histories.