Tag: guns

Missouri Sheriffs Resisting FBI’s Concealed Carry Weapon Audit

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has so far randomly audited 24 sheriff’s offices in Missouri in search of concealed carry weapon (CCW) details, but they all refused to comply, according to law enforcement authorities. “None released anything pertaining to CCWs themselves, but some did partially comply by answering procedural questions on issuing CCWs,” said…


3D-printed ‘Ghost Guns’ Seized in BC Interior After Parts Intercepted in Mail: CBSA

Border officers report so-called “ghost guns” made from 3D-printed parts have been seized in the B.C. Interior, after international deliveries were intercepted at mail centres in Vancouver and Toronto. The Canada Border Services Agency says in a statement that officers executed a search warrant in West Kelowna on April 27 in relation to the smuggled…


IRS Stockpiles More Than 5 Million Rounds of Ammunition

Apparently, the IRS needs a little firepower to help with those audits. The IRS has stockpiled five million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year, according to Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who has introduced a bill to block future ammunition purchases by the agency. The Republican lawmaker announced his sponsorship of the…


Oregonians to Vote on Nation’s ‘Strictest Gun-Control Measure’

Oregonians will soon vote on a ballot measure that opponents say could virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state, making it one of the “strictest gun-control measures ever proposed in the nation.” If voters approve Measure 114, the “Changes to Gun Ownership and Purchase Requirements Initiative,” a permit would be required to…


Oregonians to Vote on Gun Control Measure Opponent Calls ‘Strictest’ in the Nation

Oregonians will soon vote on a ballot measure that opponents say could virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state, making it one of the “strictest gun-control measures ever proposed in the nation,” according to Leonard Williamson, an explanatory committee member who opposes the measure. If voters approve Measure 114, the “Changes to…


Hundreds of Guns Smuggled From Cleveland to Beirut in Used Cars, Indictment Says

Smugglers hid firearms inside used cars and then shipped them overseas, U.S. authorities said this week, revealing details of what they say was an international operation based in and near Cleveland, Ohio. The gun-running operation allegedly sent hundreds of guns to Beirut, Lebanon, where they were resold at a profit, a news release from federal…


Arizona Attorney General Sues Biden Admin and ATF Over Gun-Control Rules

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich confirmed he is suing the Biden administration over rules imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that would treat firearm parts as finished guns. “The ATF is attempting to overshoot the authority granted to it by Congress,” Brnovich said in a statement Wednesday about his lawsuit. “The…


Arizona Attorney General Sues Biden Administration Over Gun-Control Rules

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says that he’s suing the Biden administration over rules imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that would treat firearm parts as finished guns. “The ATF is attempting to overshoot the authority granted to it by Congress,” Brnovich said in a July 27 statement about the lawsuit….


Mass Shootings Are a ‘Societal Problem, Not a Gun Problem’: Former FBI Agent

On the heels of another deadly mass shooting, people are looking for the culprit of the problem and searching for solutions. The number of mass shooting incidents reported and verified this year has surpassed 325. Fifteen of these incidents resulted in death. The most recent occurred on the Fourth of July, when Robert Crimo III…


Missouri Sheriff Refuses to Hand Over Gun Owners’ Info to FBI: ‘I Will Go Down With the Ship’

A Missouri sheriff said he told the FBI that he won’t comply with audits regarding Missouri counties’ concealed carry permit information. Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney said in public statements they won’t comply with the bureau’s audit. “As the sheriff of Scotland County, I want all my citizens to know that I will not allow,…