Jon Stewart Talks About the Crazy Restrictions Blocking ATF From Doing Its Job
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Jon Stewart Talks About the Crazy Restrictions Blocking ATF From Doing Its Job
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Sidelined for Blowing the Whistle on ATF, Special Agent Now Hailed As Hero
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ATF Special Agent John Dodson, who was sidelined after blowing the whistle on the botched gun-running operation Fast and Furious, has been cleared by his bosses and now is considered a hero, Fox News reports. John Dodson has been cleared of any wrongdoing, was praised by Congress for bringing the botched operation…
ATF’s Scott Sweetow Heads North to Minnesota
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Scott Sweetow, head of the Atlanta ATF Division, is moving on to the Midwest to head up the St. Paul Division, which includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. Sweetow, who began his career with ATF in 1990 in Los Angeles, spent several years assigned in the Arson and Explosives…
Editorial: ATF Needs More Authority to Stop Illegal Gun Sales
Newsday Editorial Congress should unshackle the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the fight against illegal guns. Restrictions on the bureau’s activities are hobbling efforts to combat firearms trafficking and reduce the day-to-day gun violence plaguing the nation. Americans have a constitutional right to own guns. And licensed gun dealers who operate legally…
Editorial: ATF Left Without Teeth to Enforce Gun Laws
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial One of the gun lobby’s favorite mantras is that the nation doesn’t need any more laws to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals; it needs to start by enforcing those that are on the books. But that argument evaporates upon closer inspection of the federal government’s systems for tracking and…
ATF Hamstrung by Weak Gun Laws, Legislative Restrictions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s ability to curb gun violence is severely hampered by legislative restrictions and loopholes in federal gun laws, the New York Times reports, citing law enforcement officials. Making matters worse, the agency has been without a permanent director for six years. To start, current law bars ATF from creating a federal…