Gun Control: Lessons from European Violence

08-16-2011 • mises.org

The recent outbreaks of indiscriminate violence in Europe highlight a disturbing trend of decivilization throughout Western society.

Egypt to citizens: Return stolen firearms and get a gun license

08-13-2011 • www.english.ahram.org

Egypt's Minister of Interior announced that anyone who hands in an ‎unlicensed or stolen police firearm to the authorities will not be questioned and will ‎also get the opportunity to issue a personal defense gun license through simplifie

TV station edits black boy to make him seem violent

08-03-2011 • Rawstory (video)

Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM is under fire for editing a 4-year old African American boy’s remarks to make him seem prone to gang violence. The young boys comments were played during a story about the drive-by shooting of two teenagers in a Chicago nei

Congress To Decide Whether Super Congress Could Impose Gun Control

08-02-2011 • GOA via OathKeepers post

Gun owner registration … bans on semi-automatic firearms … adoption of a UN gun control treaty -- all of these issues could very well be decided over the next 24 hours.

Furiousgate - by A.X. Perez

08-01-2011 • The Libertarian Enterprise

Gun dealers who called ATFE to report suspicious buyers when these strawmen attempted to make purchases were told by ATFE to complete the sale. ATFE actually facilitated the passage of the weapons into Mexico. It turns out that

Threat Of Right-Wing Extremism In U.S. Debated By Feds, Analysts

07-29-2011 • Huffington Post

The bombing and shooting spree in Norway on Friday has raised questions about whether federal law enforcement agencies in the United States are devoting enough resources and attention to the threat posed by right-wing extremists here. On the alert fo

Guns from U.S. sting found at Mexican crime scenes

07-26-2011 • Reuters

At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico or intercepted en route to drug cartels there, a Republican congressional report issued on Tuesday said. Mexican authorities found AK-47 assau

A gunrunning sting gone fatally wrong

07-25-2011 • Washington Post

The agents called their superior and asked for the order to “take him.” The answer came back swiftly, instructing them to stay in the car. The message was clear: Let the guns go.

Single Norway gunman kills at least 93

07-24-2011 • AP

Police arrived at an island massacre about an hour and a half after a gunman first opened fire, slowed because they didn't have quick access to a helicopter and then couldn't find a boat to make their way to the scene just several hundred yards (met

Canton cop threatens to execute driver over weapons permit

07-22-2011 • Rawstory (video)

Canton, Ohio police officer Daniel Harless has been placed on administrative leave following the release of dash cam video that showed him threatening the life of a driver who did not immediately provide notification of having a conceal weapons permi

Gun-smuggling cartel figures possibly were paid FBI informants

07-18-2011 • LA Times

Congressional investigators probing the controversial “Fast and Furious” anti-gun-trafficking operation on the border with Mexico believe at least six Mexican drug cartel figures involved in gun smuggling also were paid FBI informants, officials said

ATF Florida Gun Probe Earns Congressional Scrutiny in Wake of 'Fast and Furious'

07-17-2011 • FOX News

Lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration about whether the controversial "Fast and Furious" gunrunning probe may have had a cousin in Florida that resulted in guns being trafficked to Central America, known as "Operation Castaway."

BREAKING! ANOTHER SCANDAL THAT COULD TAKE OBAMA DOWN by Joseph Farah WND

07-13-2011 • youtube.com

Sometimes the news seems stranger than fiction. Who could dream up a plot line like this?

Gun dealers will have to report multiple sales of semiautomatic rifle

07-11-2011 • Washington Post

The Obama administration implemented its most aggressive and controversial gun measure to date Monday when it ordered dealers in four Southwestern states to report multiple sales of semiautomatic rifles to the federal firearms bureau.

Legislator denies pointing loaded gun at reporter

07-11-2011 • Arizona Republic

An article about a state senator who aimed her loaded handgun at a reporter's chest in the course of an interview about gun laws has sparked national attention and highlighted debate about gun safety. Sen. Lori Klein, R-Anthem, trained the laser sigh

BATF has ANOTHER gun-walker scandal erupting, in Florida, sending guns to Honduras

07-07-2011 • Gun Rights Examiner

Operation Castaway: Virginia O’Brien was previously the Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division. "From a first person source she is sh*tting herself trying to cover it up," the report stated.

Sinking fast, BATF director Melson says FBI and DEA are guilty too

07-07-2011 • San Francisco Chronicle

Some Mexican drug cartel figures targeted by BATF in a gun-trafficking investigation were paid informants for the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration. BATF was "kept in the dark" and might have ended the operation sooner, Melson claims.

Mexican lawmakers want to extradite U.S. officials over ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ scandal

07-07-2011 • Rawstory

Mexican lawmakers said they want the U.S. officials who authorized a botched campaign to dismantle illicit firearms trafficking routes to face trial in Mexico. The BATF sold thousands of assault rifles to the Mexican drug cartels.

BATF: Firearms Bureau Finds Itself in a Rough Patch

07-05-2011 • NY Times

Today, the bureau is again under scrutiny, this time over a gun-trafficking investigation in which federal agents knowingly let weapons slip across the Mexican border; two later turned up in Arizona, where an American Border Patrol agent was killed i

Obama Administration Fires ATF Whistleblower

06-28-2011 • FOX News

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is being accused of retaliating against an agent who helped publicize the agency’s role in allowing thousands of guns to cross the U.S. border and fall into the hands of Mexican drug gangs.

ATF acting director may resign over Fast and Furious program

06-20-2011 • CNN

Kenneth Melson, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is expected to resign under pressure, in the wake of the controversy over Operation Fast and Furious. In which straw buyers were allowed to purchase illegally large numbers of we

ATF agent calls gun-tracking program a 'disaster'

06-16-2011 • http://www.usatoday.com/

Three federal gun agents told a House committee Wednesday that dozens of gun traffickers suspected of working for Mexican drug cartels were "allowed to walk free" during an investigative operation...

Weapons smuggled in U.S. sting linked to deaths: report

06-15-2011 • RawStory.com

Weapons smuggled into Mexico as part of a US sting operation -- and then lost -- have been linked to numerous killings, including that of an American federal agent, a congressional report disclosed Wednesday.

Anti-Gun Joyce Foundation Buys ‘News’ Stories Pushing Gun Control

06-13-11 • AmmoLand Shooting Sports News

Gun rights activists have long-complained of the presence of an anti-gun bias in the media. They’ve always assumed that this was simply the result of the reporters’ personal bias infecting their reporting...

CDC Misrepresents Their Crime Data to Promote Gun Control

06-07-2011 • Pajamas Media

A recent Centers for Disease Control report shows how biased data sampling supports anti-rights propaganda. In a new report, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) attempted to link firearms with violence, especially against children. The authors wr

Guide to the Interstate Transportation of Firearms

06-07-2011 • http://lewrockwell.com/

Federal and state firearms laws are subject to frequent change. This summary is not to be considered as legal advice or a restatement of law.