FBI Arrests Leader of Armed Militia That Was Detaining Undocumented Immigrants
The FBI on Saturday arrested the leader of an armed militia that was detaining undocumented immigrants at the southern border.
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Authorities Search for ‘Substantial’ Number of Firearms Stolen From ATF Facility in West Virginia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are searching for a “substantial” number of firearms and gun parts stolen from a government disposal facility in Martinsburg, W.Va., USA Today reports. Christopher Yates, a security contractor assigned to the ATF repository in West Virginia, has been charged in connection with the missing weapons and parts. Yates has…
2018 on Pace for Record-Breaking Gun Confiscations at U.S. Airports
The TSA is expected to have another record-breaking year for the number of guns seized at airports.
DEA Agent Indicted on Charges of Decade-Long Affiliation with Deadly Drug Gang
A sweeping federal indictment alleges a DEA agent began working with a gang a decade ago while he was a police officer in Illinois and continued the work while at the drug agency’s Chicago field office.
Ex-Border Patrol Agent Accused of Illegally Selling Hundreds of Firearms
A former Border Patrol agent is accused of selling hundreds of firearms without a license.
FBI Arrests California Man for Threatening to Kill Boston Globe Reporters
The 68-year-old suspect echoed President Trump, calling journalists “the enemy of the people.”
Ex-DEA Special Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Guns to Suspected Drug Traffickers
A former supervisory special agent for the DEA in Nogales, Ariz., faces up to five years in prison for illegally selling firearms, including to suspected drug traffickers.
Tampa Bay Times Editorial: ATF Needs to Get Tougher on Gun Dealers
By Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Gun dealers who break the law by turning a blind eye to federal licensing rules are as dangerous to society as people who have no right to a possess a firearm in the first place. Yet a recent report shows that the federal agency responsible for policing the legal…