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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.
Firearm purchase records are an important resource for law enforcement because the documents can help trace guns used in crimes.
Some members of Congress want to increase ATF funding to crack down on gun trafficking.
The murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry underscored the recklessness of ATF’s gun-walking scandal.
Terry Nichols, who helped in the Timothy McVeigh bombing in Oklahoma City, wants his seized guns turned over to his family.
The horrific shooting of two Virginia journalists while they were broadcasting live on the air prompted President Obama to renew calls for stricter gun control.
The number of guns manufactured in the U.S. more than doubled under President Barack Obama.
The racist man accused of shooting nine people at Emanuel AME church in Charleston was barred from buying a firearm but still was able to make a purchase because the FBI’s background check raised no red flags.
Dan Thomasson Las Vegas Sun Here we go again. Rather than fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, let’s tear it up and hand it over to the FBI. The cost of that, of course, would be four to six times what just giving the maligned agency the kind of support it needs…