More than nine months before the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival earlier this week, the FBI and Homeland Security warned of the threat of lone gunmen carrying out massacres during large gatherings like music venues.
The FBI debated establishing an alert system seven years ago to determine who is making multiple gun purchases.
Active shooter incidents are increasing at alarming levels, reaching the highest average of incidents over a two-year period.
So many Americans are buying guns that the FBI is on track for a record number of firearm background checks this year.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s crime statistics on mass shootings are “politically biased” to make the incidents appear more common and deadly than they actually are, according to a criminologist. John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told Fox News that the information is misleading and not substantiated by facts. “The…
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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Would travelers be safer if TSA agents were armed? The answer is no, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who opposes the idea, UPI reports. The question was raised again after a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend. Mass shootings “can’t be the new normal,” Holder said. “Now, that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As police increasingly respond to “active shooter” situations, Attorney General Eric Holder said new strategies must be developed to limit the death toll, CNN reports. Speaking at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Philadelphia, Holder said mass shootings are on the rise. “Although research methods and results vary, it’s…
