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Ex-ATF Agent: Let’s Stop Pretending Lawmakers Are Regulating Lethal Firearms
When it comes to regulating firearms, we only pretend to legislate. And even when we do legislate, we only pretend to make them safer.
Feds Investigate How San Bernardino Couple Received $28,500 Loan
Federal investigators are trying to determine how the California couple that opened fire at a holiday party obtained a $285,000 that may have financed their massacre.
Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Gets 15 Months for Lying to Cops After Fatally Shooting a Man
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former deputy U.S. marshal was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to 15 months in prison for obstruction of justice – a charge stemming from lies he told to police after he fatally shot a man while off duty, the Justice Department said. Matthew Itkowitz, 47, who lives in Suffern, N.Y.,…
ABC News: San Bernardino Attack: Gun-Buyer Could See Criminal Charges
By ABC News Authorities investigating the terror attack in San Bernardino told ABC News today that they may bring gun charges against Enrique Marquez, the 24-year-old neighbor and longtime friend of one of the shooters, who officials said originally bought two of the weapons used in the deadly attack. Officials said they believe one of…
Border Patrol Agents Won’t Be Charged in Tasing Incident Caught on Video
Two Border Patrol agents who were accused of excessive force when one of them tased a college student during a traffic stop last year won’t face criminal charges.
FBI: California Couple That Opened Fire at Holiday Party Were Radicalized ‘for Quite Some Time’
The California couple that opened fire at a holiday lunch party in San Bernardino “were radicalized and have been for quite some time,” an FBI official said.
North Carolina Official Proposes Ban on Gun Purchases for Suspected Terrorists
Congressional Republicans blocked an effort to prevent suspected terrorists on the federal government’s database from buying guns.
DHS Chief Plans to Launch Refined Terror Advisory System
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The terrorism advisory system is being modified to reflect a “new phase” in the global fight against extremism, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday, the Washington Post reports. The current National Terrorism Advisory System, which was launched in 2011, has two levels – elevated throated and imminent threat. But Johnson, citing new…