Criminal Background Checks

Currently, prospective gun purchasers are required to show identification and undergo a criminal background check only when purchasing a gun from a licensed firearm dealer. Unlicensed dealers and individuals sell approximately half of all guns in Wisconsin.

WAVE favors legislation that would extend the current background check system to all gun transactions.

View our growing coalition of partners who support background checks on all gun sales

Updates and Events

Rossen Reports: Anyone can buy guns, no questions asked

Watch TODAY’s national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen expose how simple it is for...

Investigators uncover a vast, unregulated online market for illegal guns

A new investigation by the City of New York found that 62% of private online sellers were willing to sell guns to people who said they couldn’t pass a criminal background check.
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Rachel Maddow looks at online guns sales

Watch Rachel Maddow review "Point, click, fire" a report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns documenting a recent investigation of gun sales on the internet....

Research

Point, Click, Fire

An investigation of online private gun sales found that 62% of sellers were willing to sell guns to people who said they couldn’t pass a criminal background check....

A new survey confirms what we have long been saying: the NRA doesn’t represent the views of its members.

A survey conducted by Frank Luntz shows that 86% of gun owners feel we can do more to stop criminals from getting guns while also protecting the rights of citizens to freely own them, 85% support...

Poll: Majority Of Americans, Including Gun Owners, Support Tougher Restrictions

“– 90 percent of Americans and 90 percent of gun owners support fixing gaps in government databases that are meant to prevent the mentally ill, drug abusers and others from buying guns. — 86...