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Why Matt Gaetz Scares Democrats More Than Trump

March 10, 2025November 17, 2024 by Lee Williams

Last January, former U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz [R-FL-1] introduced H.R. 374. It was a short bill that became known as the “Abolish the ATF Act.” “The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hereby abolished,” Gaetz’s bill said. It was simple, really. Unfortunately, it received the same response as other bills Gaetz had submitted, such … Read more

Justice Department Seeks Help from 3D Printing Industry to Combat Ghost Guns

March 10, 2025September 12, 2024 by Octavius Mayhem

Much like the government has called upon AI developers to seriously rethink the capabilities of their technology before charging forward, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has reached out to the 3D printing industry to assist in preventing the manufacturing of machine gun conversion devices (MCDs). The call for help was expressed in remarks by … Read more

Different Set of Laws If You’re a Biden

March 10, 2025June 17, 2024 by Lee Williams

It can be problematic to compare the sentence one criminal defendant receives to another. A judge has a wide variety of mitigating and aggravating factors to consider before passing sentence, such as the defendant’s criminal history, whether they’ve shown contrition and the facts of the crime itself. A prison term that may appear unfair to … Read more

Justice Department, ATF Issue Final Rule on What It Means to be “Engaged in the Business” of Selling Guns

March 10, 2025April 19, 2024 by TTAG Contributor

On the 31st anniversary of the Federal government’s assault on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas, more questions are being asked about another gross case of government overreach regarding the botched March 19 ATF SWAT team raid that killed Little Rock Airport executive director, Bryan Malinowski. Just as in Waco where more than 900 … Read more

Justice Department to Challenge Ruling on Rights of Illegals to Possess Firearms

March 10, 2025April 8, 2024 by TTAG Contributor

Politics, and now court rulings, it seems certainly make for strange bedfellows. In a move most conservatives and pro-gun organizations likely agree with, Biden’s Justice Department will challenge a recent court decision affirming the Second Amendment rights of undocumented immigrants. This move escalates a complex debate that to many Americans on both sides of the … Read more

Band of Texas Smugglers Caught Feeding Guns to Mexican Cartels

March 10, 2025March 28, 2024 by TTAG Contributor

The Justice Department apprehended five individuals across Texas for their involvement in purchasing firearms illicitly and facilitating their transfer to drug cartels in Mexico. This operation, as reported by The Texas Tribune, was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. At the heart of the operation was Gerardo Rafael Perez … Read more

Trump Administration Gets Involved in SCOTUS Gun Control Case

May 17, 2019 by Matthew Larosiere

Trump Administration Throws its Hat into Supreme Court Gun Case By now we all know about New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York, and Wednesday was the due date for amicus briefs in that case. The plaintiffs got a lot of support from amici, “friends of the court,” who write to help … Read more

Justice Department Asks SCOTUS to Overturn NYC Gun Control Law

May 17, 2019 by Dan Zimmerman

Elections have consequences. “New York City’s transport ban infringes the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the 2nd and 14th Amendments,” Solicitor General Noel Francisco argued in a friend of the court brief Wednesday. Francisco asked the court to “confirm” that the Second Amendment also protects the right of a “law-abiding, responsible citizen to take … Read more

Under the Radar: An Interview with Darrell Issa

June 26, 2011 by ttag

In all the spreading scandal that is Project Gunrunner, one of the key players in the investigation is Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Governmental Affairs Committee. Issa was interviewed a week ago on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. Sadly, that show flys well under the radar in a lot of markets. Happily, Hewitt put a transcript of his interview with Issa on Townhall.com. We’ve scraped the portion that pertains to the AFT scandal, and reprinted it below, but we encourage you to visit Townhall.com to read the entire interview, other articles by Hewitt, as well as the other columnists on the site.

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