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Armor-Piercing 5.7mm Pistol Used at Fort Hood Originally Designed for Military Only

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Firearms and Explosives, 5.7mm, "Sporting Purposes" Test, FN Herstal, Barack Obama, Bureau of Alcohol, Fort Hood Rampage, National Rifle Association, Nidal Malik Hasan Fort Hood, Tobacco, Gun Industry, Gun Lobby, Mexico Drug Wars, Armor-Piercing Ammunition, FN Five-seveN, Fort Hood Shootings, Atf, ps90, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

How a pistol originally designed as a military-only handgun came to be sold on the U.S. civilian market is a stark example of the increasing militarization of the U.S. civilian gun market.

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Gun Show Loopholes Tracked By New York City; Dealers Allowed Purchase To Undercover Gun Buyers Who Admitted Spotty Records

The Associated Press | Sara Kugler | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK (AP)-- New York City officials secretly videotaped dozens of firearm purchases they say were illegal at gun shows in states that have not clo...

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Gun Show Undercover

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Second Amendment, Firearms, New York City, Gun Shows, Gun Show Undercover, Gun Crime, Atf, Gun News, New York News
Michael R. Bloomberg

New York City sent investigators with hidden cameras to seven gun shows across Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and we found out just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked.

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FBI, ATF Constantly Feuding Over Bomb Investigations: Report

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Agents of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are feuding over bomb investigations – racing ...

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Where Guns Go to Die

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Diane Dimond, Smelters for Gun Destruction, Shredded Guns, What Do Police Do With Confiscated Guns?, Diane Dimond's Weekly Column, Gun Destruction Programs, Melted Guns, Where Guns Go to Die, National Association of Police Chiefs, Fbi, Confiscated Guns, Atf, Tamco, Politics News
Diane Dimond

We want police to get dangerous guns off the street, right? Well, they are -- in record numbers. Now the problem is what to do with all those confiscated guns.

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tiahrt Amendment, Assault Weapons Ban, Mexico, Gun Control, Assault Weapons, Nra, Eric Holder, National Rifle Association, Violence Policy Center, Tobacco, 100 Days, Gun Lobby, Obama Adminstration, Atf, Jimmy Carter, Import Ban, First Hundred Days, Obama 100 Days, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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ATF Agents Closing In On Nation's Most Notorious Cigarette Bummer

The Onion | Posted 03.30.2009 | Comedy

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WASHINGTON--A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives announced Tuesday that the agency has intensified its manhunt ...

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ATF Under Bush Cannot Account For Many Missing Weapons, Laptops

Reuters | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had 76 weapons and 418 laptop computers lost, stolen or go m...

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