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.
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Gun Use in US Suicides Kept Secret With 2nd Circuit Ruling
The 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 moreBump Stocks
A 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.
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California Sues Feds Over Refusal to Crack Down on ‘Ghost Guns’
Fed 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.
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Besieged by Gun Violence, Cities Say Feds Turned a Blind Eye on DIY Kits
As 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 moreActually Innocent
A 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.
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Sixth Circuit Hears Debate Over Legality of Bump Stocks
A 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 moreATF Nominee Pushes Back on More Gun Regulations
President 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 moreDC Circuit Refuses to Halt Ban on Bump Stocks
The 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 moreSupreme Court Won’t Block Ban on Bump Stocks
The 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 more10th Circuit Exempts Utah Man From Bump-Stock Ban
The 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 moreBan on Deadly Bump Stocks for Guns Upheld by Judge
A 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 moreAbout-Face on Bump Stocks Triggers Gun-Owner Protests
The 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 moreReward Doubled for Info on 700 Pounds of Stolen Dynamite
Federal officials offered a $20,000 reward Thursday for information on the recent theft of 704 pounds of dynamite from a Pennsylvania construction site.
Read moreAffidavit Details Hunt for Austin Bombing Suspect
A 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 moreJudge Slams Fake Drug Houses But Won’t Toss Criminal Charges
A 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 moreFBI Says Tulsa Explosion Not Act of Domestic Terrorism
Federal officials are investigating the bombing of an Air Force recruiting office in suburban Tulsa on Monday night as either domestic terrorism or a prank.
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Tribe Loses Challenge to Rules on Tobacco Record-Keeping
Sending 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 moreNY Times Demand Records on ATF Tobacco Smuggling
The 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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