By Steve Neavling Ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF are investigating an explosive device found Monday in a mailbox at the home of George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist who often is the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories. Police said “an employee of the residence” found the suspicious package, moved it to a wooded area…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Emails show the controversial rapid-fire bump stock device used in the Las Vegas massacre last year caused a lot of angst and handwringing inside ATF, a report in USA Today shows. It also shows why the devices are still legal in many states. Nick Penzenstadler of USA Today reports: Within hours…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department and ATF announced Thursday that it will provide ballistic imaging equipment used by ATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to 22 state and local law enforcement agencies. “Under President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice is prosecuting more firearm offenders than ever before,” Attorney General Sessions said…
Heavily armed FBI and ATF agents wearing bulletproof vests searched the Baltimore home Sunday night of the father of the man who opened fire at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Fla., leaving three dead and 11 others injured.
Taylor spent most of her early life behind the walls of a New Jersey women’s correctional facility.
Before shooting a college student and three police officers, the 25-year-old convicted felon had no trouble legally buying a gun used in the attacks.
By Valley News Editorial Board When law enforcement agents seek information on guns found at crime scenes, they call the firearms tracing center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Agents at the tracing center, in West Virginia, then try to establish a chain of custody based on the gun’s serial number, manufacturer, distributor…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired ATF Agent Jay Dobyns spoke about his days as an agent, infiltrating the Hells Angels and the personal challenges of undercover work at a police seminar in El Paso this week, the El Paso Times reports. “They’re very dangerous men who live a very dangerous lifestyle that’s built on violence. Below is…
