ATF Documents Show How Traffickers Exploit Lax Sellers and Weak Laws
Smugglers who run weapons across the southern border are loyal customers.
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In Big Reversal, Supporters of Regulating Bump Stocks Now Outnumber Opponents 3 to 1 in Comments to ATF
One expert characterized the findings of The Trace's analysis as “more evidence that gun regulation advocates are closing the participation gap.”
The ATF Received 36,000 Comments on Bump Stocks. They’re Overwhelmingly Anti-Regulation.
While widespread public support exists for many gun regulations and policies, pro-gun advocates are significantly more active than their counterparts when it comes to engaging politicians and government agencies.
Ballistics Imaging Helped Phoenix Police Solve 9 Fatal Shootings. Why Don’t More Departments Make Better Use of It?
The technology — a national database of ballistic images that matches guns and shell casings recovered by police — is not new, but underutilized.
The ATF Takes a First Step Toward Reclassifying Bump Stocks
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives took what could be the…
ATF to Chicago: Your Release of Detailed Crime Gun Data Was Prohibited Under Federal Law
"Burying your head in the sand won't change the truth and it won't solve the problem," a mayoral spokesman responds.
ATF Official Who Evaluated the Bump Stock’s Legality Pushes Back Against Critics
When the first bump stock came across Rick Vasquez’s desk in 2010, he…
ATF Traces Record Number of Crime Guns for Fourth Straight Year
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traced more firearms in the…
GOP Budget Rider Could Cripple Efforts to Keep U.S. Guns Out of Mexico
Republicans in the House are making another run at gutting an ATF rule requiring border-state dealers to report suspect rifle sales.
What Gun Regulations Should be “Repealed or Replaced”? The ATF Wants to Know.
Posed in closed-door meetings, the agency's inquiry follows a Trump administration directive to slash government rules.
ATF Upgrades Alert System for Gun-Store Thefts
The agency is now emailing dealers instead of just calling them.
The ATF Is Shutting Down Businesses It Says Are Hawking Silencers Disguised as Cleaning Tools
Sellers of "solvent traps" were pushing the legal envelope. The bureau noticed.