FBI Asked to Investigate Trump’s Alleged Violent Threat Against Clinton

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Concerns over Donald Trump’s suggestion that second-amendment supporters could stop Hillary Clinton from making Supreme Court picks were forwarded to the FBI. The super PAC Democratic Coalition Against Trump contacted the FBI after believing Trump was encouraging violence against Clinton. The PAC sent this to the FBI: The Democratic Coalition Against…

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Nullification: How States Are Making It a Felony to Enforce Federal Gun Laws

By Lois Beckett ProPublica In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. Kansas’ “Second Amendment Protection Act” backs up its states’ rights claims…

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Method to Track Firearms Stalled by Foes

By ERICA GOODE New York Times Identifying the firearm used in a crime is one of the biggest challenges for criminal investigators. But what if a shell casing picked up at a murder scene could immediately be tracked to the gun that fired it? A technique that uses laser technology and stamps a numeric code…

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