By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com No matter how many warnings the TSA issues, people are trying to bring guns onto airplanes at a record rate, Channel3000.com reports. So far this year, more than 1,930 travelers were found with a gun – the most ever calculated in one year. The number caught with guns all of last year…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some U.S. Border Patrol agents are being forced to share their rifles while on patrol near Tucson because the agency is inspecting the quality of the M4 carbines, KVOA reports. “There’s a lot of agents that are pretty upset over it,” said Art del Cueto, president of the Border Patrol’s Tucson…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of guns seized at airport security checkpoints has increased for the third straight year, Skift reports. Security already discovered more guns this year than it found all of last year. The number of guns reached more than 1,813, which is how many guns were discovered in 2013. In 2012,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One school district in Alabama has taken the unusual step of hiring a former FBI agent to monitor students on social media, the Daily Intelligencer reports. The idea was to catch students who make statements linking them to drugs, guns, sex and gangs. The effort led to 14 expulsions last year….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of two high-powered weapons and body armor from an FBI agent’s car in North Carolina, WSOCTV.com reports. The shotgun and rifle were stolen from the agent’s car sometime between midnight and 8 a.m. Monday in the Hunter Oaks…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new study by the FBI reveals that mass shootings are on the rise and killing more people. The Wall Street Journal reports that the study found 160 “active-shooter” events from 2000 to 2013. The study defines an “active shooter” as “an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If the ATF gets its way, new gun owners will have to identify their ethnicity on firearm records. But lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill to eliminate that controversial requirement, The Hill reports. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., demanded answers. “The right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms is an…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Canadian woman is accused of packing her checked luggage full with two guns, hundreds of rounds of ammo and 33 pounds of marijuana, NBC New York reports. The TSA found the items stuffed into household items like baby wipes, lemonade mix and cat litter. The 24-year-old woman from Scarborough, Ontario,…
