Fate of Man’s Bump Stock Lies With En Banc 10th Circuit
The legality of America’s bump stock ban — and whether one man should keep his device through the duration of a lawsuit — came under the scrutiny of the en banc 10th Circuit.
Read moreThe legality of America’s bump stock ban — and whether one man should keep his device through the duration of a lawsuit — came under the scrutiny of the en banc 10th Circuit.
Read moreThe U.S. government need not release statistics on guns used in suicides or attempted suicides, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, reversing what had been a victory for gun-regulation advocates.
Read moreA federal court in Kentucky ruled in favor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a suit challenging its classification of bump stocks as machine guns following the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, finding the classification was not arbitrary or capricious.
Read moreFed up with the growing number of untraceable homemade firearms used in gun crimes and mass shootings, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a federal lawsuit Tuesday to force the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to crack down on so-called “ghost guns” that skirt laws requiring background checks and age verification.
Read moreAs authorities increasingly recover untraceable “ghost guns” from crime scenes, Chicago and three other U.S. cities took aim in a federal complaint Wednesday at the government’s failure to crack down on build-it-yourself kits.
Read moreA federal court in Oklahoma awarded $4.7 million in damages to a woman who spent months incarcerated on federal drug charges before being found “actually innocent.” A special agent of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives completed a false police report describing a methamphetamine sale that never occurred.
Read moreA gun rights lobbyist group argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday that rapid-fire gun attachments known as bump stocks should not be included in the government’s definition of machine gun.
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told lawmakers Wednesday he would not back any additional regulations on guns if he were confirmed to the position.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit on Monday upheld the Trump administration’s ban on rapid-fire gun attachments known as bump stocks, which were used to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas nearly two years ago.
Read moreThe Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a gun rights group’s attempt to temporarily block the Trump administration’s ban on rapid-fire gun attachments known as bump stocks, which went into effect this week.
Read moreThe 10th Circuit ruled Thursday that one Salt Lake City man will be able to keep his bump stock when the Trump administration’s ban on the rapid-fire gun attachments goes into effect next week.
Read moreA federal judge has upheld the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun attachment that was used in the 2017 slaughter of 58 Las Vegas concertgoers, which left nearly 900 injured.
Read moreThe Trump administration unveiled a rule change Tuesday that paves the way for an all-out ban by March 2019 of bump-stock devices: firearm attachments that make it possible to fire semiautomatic weapons fire as rapidly as any fully automatic firearm.
Read moreFederal officials offered a $20,000 reward Thursday for information on the recent theft of 704 pounds of dynamite from a Pennsylvania construction site.
Read moreA federal agent’s affidavit unsealed Monday describes how law enforcement identified Mark Anthony Conditt as the suspect in a string of bombings around Austin, Texas, last month that left two people dead and five injured.
Read moreA federal judge said Monday that fictitious stash houses used to ensnare would-be criminals should be “relegated to the dark corridors of our past,” but stopped short of issuing a ruling that could have curtailed their use.
Read moreFederal officials are investigating the bombing of an Air Force recruiting office in suburban Tulsa on Monday night as either domestic terrorism or a prank.
Read moreSending a record-keeping challenge over cigarette sales up in smoke, a federal judge refused to let a Nebraska-based tribe duck a law that curbs tobacco trafficking.
Read moreThe New York Times sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for documents in a tobacco-smuggling scandal involving a secret ATF bank account.
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