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The Obama administration “is seeking advice and consent” for Senate ratification of an international small arms treaty, and also supports the inclusion of small arms in the UN Register of Conventional Arms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms learned today. The disclosure is found in the text of [...] Federal authorities seized more than 1,200 firearms and nearly 2 million rounds of ammunition when they raided a family-run gun shop in New Mexico last month as part of a multi-agency investigation into illegal gun sales and smuggling. The Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday that the tally of weapons seized was laid out [...] In a setback for gun dealers in four U.S. states bordering Mexico, a federal judge on Thursday refused to temporarily block new rules requiring them to report the sale of multiple semi-automatic rifles. Judge Rosemary Collyer said the dealers, backed by the National Rifle Association, had not sufficiently shown they would [...] Weapons from the failed federal operation “Fast and Furious” have reportedly been linked to 11 more violent crimes in the U.S., including in places like Arizona and Texas where a total of 42 weapons were seized. As early as January 2010, guns tied to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions [...] Anti-gun violence activists in the U.S. are renewing their push for new gun laws in the wake of the revelation that the alleged Norway shooter claims to have purchased high-capacity ammunition magazines from a United States retailer. Anders Behring Breivik, the alleged lone-wolf terrorist accused of shooting and killing 68 people at [...] Kenneth Melson was supposed to be the fall guy, the sacrificial lamb, the guy thrown under the bus to protect President Obama. Melson was “expected” to resign. He refused. Instead, Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has turned whistle-blower and all hell is about to [...] Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday lambasted new DOJ reporting requirements for gun dealers in states on the U.S.-Mexico border, calling the new rules “misguided” and “constitutionally questionable.” The new requirement from the BATFE, announced Monday, means firearms dealers from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California will have to notify the federal government whenever [...] Vote on Pro-gun Amendment Could Come in the House This Week Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) plans to offer an amendment this week protecting gun rights on land controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Currently, guns are prohibited on Corps land, even when gun possession is otherwise allowed by state law. Rep. [...] The Justice Department is obstructing the congressional investigation of a U.S. law enforcement operation intended to crack down on major weapons traffickers on the Southwest border, according to the embattled leader of the BATFE. Ken Melson, the acting director of the ATF, lobbed the accusation when he sneaked in for an interview [...] Recently, the Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives, also known by its old initials ATF, has been on the receiving end of a myriad of criticism. The facts revealed about ATF’s Operation Fast And Furious during last month’s congressional hearing have been the source of considerable public scrutiny. This is only one [...] |
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