ATF Security Guard Pleads Guilty to Stealing Firearms, Ammunition from Agency
A former contract security guard who stole guns, ammunition and firearms parts from the ATF and then sold them pleaded guilty Wednesday to crimes related to the thefts.
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Australian Study Shows Firearm Reform Law Greatly Reduced Gun-Related Fatalities
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The Journal of the American Medical Association reported recently about a forty-year study in Australia about the effect on gun-related crime by the 1997 major gun law reform. The study compared the number of mass fatal shooting incidents, rates of fatal shooting incidents, firearm deaths, and firearm-caused suicides for the periods…
Thief Steals Service Weapons from FBI Agent’s Car in Washington D.C.
The FBI is trying to determine who broke into an agent’s car and stole two service weapons on Sunday in Northeast, D.C.
FBI Conducts Record Background Checks for Guns in 2015
The FBI conducted more background checks for guns in 2015 than any previous year.
Millions of Firearms Purchase Records Languish in ATF Facility, Hampering Investigations
Firearm purchase records are an important resource for law enforcement because the documents can help trace guns used in crimes.
Fears of Stronger Gun Laws Apparently Fueled Record Purchases of Firearms
Gun sales surged in August following a series of high-profile shootings that spread fear of stronger firearm laws.
FBI: 95 Law Enforcement Officers Killed in 2014, Most of Them Feloniously
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of law enforcement officers “feloniously” killed in 2014 jumped 89% over the past year, according to new FBI statistics that come just a week after the fatal shootings of an officer in New York City and two officers in Hattiesburg, Miss., the FBI reported. The FBI recorded 51 felonious…
Feds Arrest Naturalized U.S. Citizen After Allgedly Threatening to Kill Returning American Troops
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A naturalized U.S. citizen from Yemen planned to use firearms to kill returning American troops and Shitte Muslims living in the Rochester area, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports. The suspect, Mufid Elfgeeh made no secret of his hatred for the U.S. on Twitter. Announcing his allegiance with al-Qaeda, he tweeted, “”al-Qaeda…