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.
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Congressional Republicans blocked an effort to prevent suspected terrorists on the federal government’s database from buying guns.
San Bernardino Attack Prompts Calls for Tougher Immigration Enforcement
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Homeland Security Committee Chief Calls for More Funding for FBI, DHS
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Saying J. Edgar Hoover stomped on the civil rights of Americans, a congressman has introduced a bill to remove the former FBI director’s name from the bureau’s headquarters building.