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After years of litigation, the families of the nine victims murdered in a Charleston church shooting have settled with the Justice Department. The families sued after the FBI’s investigation revealed the system used for conducting background checks failed to flag the sale of the gun convicted shooter Dylann Roof used …

Senate Democrats are introducing a bill that would close a loophole allowing gun sales to proceed if a background check is not completed after 72 hours, even if the gun buyer is not legally allowed to purchase a gun. The gap in existing law has allowed thousands of gun sales to …