Guns
What Part of “Don’t Bring Guns to the Airport” Don’t People Understand?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What part of “don’t bring guns to the airport” don’t people understand? It still fails to amaze. As part of an occasional story on the issue, we report that 31 people from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29 were caught at airport checkpoints in the U.S. with guns, according to the…
Dozen-Plus Arrested in Spokane Crime Ring Bust
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There were some big happenings in snowy Spokane, Wash., on Thursday, where FBI agents executed multiple searches and made more than a dozen arrests in the culmination of the year-long investigation called Operation “Old School,” reports KXLY. Multi-agency SWAT teams made raids that stretched across Northern Oregon, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and…
Feds and Local Cops in D.C. Announce “Most Important Weapons Investigation” in Recent Past
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A year-long fed and local undercover sting in the nation’s capitol netted $7.2 million in cocaine, methamphetamines and other drugs as well as 161 weapons, with 70 people arrested, Clarence Williams of the Washington Post reports. In documents unveiled Monday, Christopher Washington–one of the arrested–offered handgrenades and a rocket launcher to an…
DEA, New York Police Shootout Leaves Suspect with Stomach Shot
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A shootout involving undercover DEA, NYPD and the State Police task force left one suspect wounded in upper Manhattan, reports the New York Post. At 10 p.m., the officers spotted a group of armed men about to rob a known drug dealer when they tried to bust the thieves, the Post…
Feinstein, Breuer: ATF Needs Improved Gun Laws
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) defended the ATF at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, reports the website Main Justice, saying the real problem is lax gun laws. “The number of deaths caused by American guns are up in the tens of thousands,” she said, claiming that 70 percent of guns…
Rep. Issa Suggests Homeland Chief Napolitano Moved Too Slow in Probe of Dead Border Agent Brian Terry
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It appeared to be Janet Napolitano’s turn to get roughed up by Rep. Darrell Issa, who has been spearheading a probe into ATF’s controversial Operation Fast and Furious, that encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell to straw purchasers, all with the hopes of tracing guns to the Mexican cartels. Politico reports that…
8 NYPD Cops Busted in Gun Smuggling Ring
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And now for one of those black eyes that all police departments hate. Reuters reports that 8 New York cops were arrested Tuesday on fed charges for allegedly helping run a run a gun-smuggling ring in the city. Four others were also charged in the case. Reuters reported that the U.S….