Inmates Train Puppies Before They Become Bomb-Sniffing Crime Stoppers
Taylor spent most of her early life behind the walls of a New Jersey women’s correctional facility.
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Violent Felon Who Shot Student And 3 Cops Used Gun Purchased After Passing FBI Background Check
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.
Editorial From Valley News: ATF’s Firearms Tracing Hurt by Absurd Law
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…
Ex-ATF Agent Jay Dobyns Talks About the Dangers of Biker Gangs
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…
Tampa Bay Times Editorial: ATF Needs to Get Tougher on Gun Dealers
By Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Gun dealers who break the law by turning a blind eye to federal licensing rules are as dangerous to society as people who have no right to a possess a firearm in the first place. Yet a recent report shows that the federal agency responsible for policing the legal…
Legislation Would Require ATF to Create A Computerized, Searchable Data Base
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a bill that make sense. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida has introduced legislation to establish a computerized, searchable database of gun records under a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Monday. The Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act would strike a current federal prohibition on the creation of a searchable…
Ex-ATF Agent Says Gun Tracing System is ‘Insane’
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com “The privacy rights of the gun owner have trumped my right not to get shot in the head,” David Chipman, senior policy advisor for the gun control group Giffords, tells station WTSP. “When you see the tracing center, and how difficult it is for patriots to do their job, that isn’t accidental,”…
Off-Duty ATF Agent Accused of Shooting Dog Outside Middle School in Virginia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A dog owner says an off-duty ATF agent fatally shot his mastiff puppy outside of a middle school in Spotsylvania County, Va., Fox 5 reports. Vance Gibbs said he brings his dogs , four puppies and three adult mastiffs, to a large field at Ni River Middle School several times a…