By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com CHICAGO — Tom Brandon, head of ATF, wonders at time when gun violence is such a pressing issue in America, why the agency isn’t getting more funding for additional agents. He says with an additional 200 agents “we could really make a huge difference.” Brandon became an ATF agent in 1989….
Firearm purchase records are an important resource for law enforcement because the documents can help trace guns used in crimes.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Tom Brandon, will no longer be the acting director of ATF as of Wednesday. He’ll be deputy director. But Brandon wants the troops to know: “My title is changing, my duties are not.” By law, Brandon can’t hold that interim title of acting director for longer than 210 days. It runs…
ATF investigators are searching for a suspect they believe is responsible for setting six black churches on fire near Ferguson.
By Sarah Wheaton Politico WASHINGTON — The White House thinks the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is doing such a great job, they’re planning to demote him. The unusual move allows the administration, which has said fighting gun violence is a top priority, to avoid a nasty confirmation hearing for a…
The FBI warned of an “unspecified” threat of violence at universities in Philadelphia.
An ATF agent has been arrested after authorities said he brutally beat a father at a high school football game and then waved his gun at the crowd when they tried to intervene.
Some members of Congress want to increase ATF funding to crack down on gun trafficking.
