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FBI Data: Background Checks for Gun Purchases Spiked After Connecticut School Shooting Last Month
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the month since a shooting at a school in Connecticut killed 20 children and six adults, gun purchases appear to be rapidly on the rise, Reuters reports. Background checks for firearm purchases spiked since the Dec. 14 mass killing, Reuters wrote. Of the 10 most popular days for background checks in…
Gun Lobby Makes It Difficult for President Obama to Appoint New ATF Director
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The gun lobby is making it difficult for President Obama find a new permanent director of the ATF, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama had to give up on his previous nomination Andrew Traver, who headed the ATF office in Chicago, after pressure from the gun lobby made it impossible to get Senate…
FBI Investigates Florida Physicians Over Probe of Performance-Enhancing Drugs to MLB Players
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new string of positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs among professional baseball players has prompted the FBI to investigate a Florida supplier, the New York Daily News reports. Physician Anthony Bosch, who has worked closely with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, is the target of the probe, along with his father Pedro Bosch,…
New Book: FBI Manufactures Terrorism Cases
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Since the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks, the FBI has blundered the war on terrorism, manufacturing cases to create the appearance that the country is safer, Trevor Aaronson alleges in his new book, “The Terror Factor: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism.” The book claims the FBI has arrested 500 so-called terrorists…
Secret Service Dog Plunges to Death Following Event Involving Vice President Biden in New Orleans
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Secret Service dog fell to its death from a parking garage in New Orleans Saturday while on guard for an event featuring Vice President Biden, The Hill reports. Biden was speaking at a fundraiser for Sen. Mary Landrieau when the dog fell. “It was a tragic accident,” Secret Service spokesman Max…
Despite Reputation for Strong Gun-Control Laws, Massachusetts Refuses to Provide Mental Health Records for Federal Background Checks
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Massachusetts has a good reputation with strong gun-control laws – until it comes to mental health records. The Boston Globe reported Monday that a 43-year-old law prohibits the state from sharing mental health records with the FBI database for gun background checks. The FBI processed about 1.6 million background checks of Massachusetts residents since…
Rep. Darrell Issa Blasts Outgoing Justice Official Lanny Breuer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif), head of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, isn’t sad to see the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who heads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Lanny Breuer’s resignation is long overdue,” Issa said in a press release issued late last week. “Breuer…
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