Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mentally ill people, drug offenders and others who are prohibited from owning guns often are able to obtain a firearm because the required FBI background checks have significant flaws, the New York Times reports. The nearly two-decade-old requirement to conduct background checks of prospective gun buyers isn’t working as planned because many…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit During my visits to Israel, the idea of security was never far off. At the train station, at the bus stop, I went through a metal detector. An armed guard checked through packages and asked if I was carrying a gun. After Sept. 11, 2001, I thought the U.S. would…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Over the past decade, the number of federally mandated background checks of prospective gun purchases has nearly doubled, the USA Today reports, citing FBI records. Nearly 17 million people received background checks already this year, up from 8.5 million in 2002, the USA Today wrote. If you ask gun-rights advocates what’s causing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gun used by a felon to shoot and kill a state trooper in the state of Washington in February was traced to a gun show in 2009, the Associated Press reports. The news comes from the ATF, which tracked the history of the .40-caliber Smith & Wesson. The proper documentation was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More frustrating news about guns, drugs and Mexico. The Washington Post reports that efforts to crack down on the flow of guns from the U.S. to the Mexican drug cartels “have been frustrated by bureaucratic infighting, a lack of training and the delayed delivery of a computer program to Mexico, according…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It happens from time to time. Nonetheless, it’s never good. CBS News reports that an off-duty FBI agent had his M-4 rifle and bulletproof vest were stolen from his car in New Jersey Saturday night. The television station reported that the New Jersey FBI was on the hunt to recover the…
