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ATF
Republicans are pushing to erase restrictions on silencers and curtail enforcement of federal gun laws.
The Business of Guns
Experts disagree about the consequences of bringing forced reset triggers — devices similar to auto sears and bump stocks — back to the market.
Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols — alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled — to the public.
The Biden-era policy resulted in a record number of gun dealers losing their licenses to operate.
The shift comes after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting linked former police guns to crimes.
A Trace analysis found that Americans purchased 6.5 million fewer guns last year than in 2020, when the pandemic pushed demand for firearms to record levels.
Law enforcement progress against ghost guns was tenuous. Then came the shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.
The Industry
The change ends a federal court challenge and is expected to give inspectors more discretion in penalizing gun shops for violations.
The agency’s recommendation comes less than a year after an investigation by The Trace found that thousands of used police guns were involved in crimes.
The lawsuit has renewed scrutiny on the gunmaker for alleged defects in its P320 pistol.
The City Council is considering a bill to mandate that gun shops put up signs advising prospective customers about the health and safety risks of owning a firearm.
Domestic Violence
The money will provide a lifeline for shelters and rape crisis centers that have cut services because of dwindling federal support.
The gun lobby opposes the measure, but advocates see it as “a matter of life and death.”
A Trace review shows that though some licenses were pulled for minor infractions, the majority of revocations followed serious violations.
Ghost Guns
Dale Sutherland once worked to get firearms off the streets of D.C. Now he helms a dark money operation for the gun rights groups that brought the suit over homemade firearms.
