Gun trafficking groups selling to Australia have been sentenced

Dark web gun trafficker caught selling weapons to Australia by hiding them inside electronics is jailed in the U.S. A member of a U.S. dark web gun trafficking group that hid firearms in electronics products and sent them to customers in Australia and other parts of the world has been sentenced to almost three years jail. The Atlanta-based group advertised guns for sale on the underground website BlackMarketReloaded that operated on The Onion Router, which masks the identity of its users, according to prosecutors.

31 police handguns missing from Compton City Hall vault

Authorities today announced a $10,000 reward for information that helps them find out who took 31 firearms from a vault in the old Compton City Hall building, where they were being stored following the disbanding nearly 20 years ago of the city's police department. Investigators believe the firearms were taken some time between March 6 and Aug. 31, 2017, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Trump announces proposed ban on ‘bump stocks’

The Trump administration on Friday announced a new regulation that would outlaw "bump stocks," the mechanical device used by the Las Vegas shooter to make his rifles fire like more lethal automatic weapons. President Donald Trump announced the regulation in a Twitter message a day before the so-called March for Our Lives, which was organized by young people after the mass slayings at a Parkland, Fla., high school.

Austin Bombings: Suspect bought nails, batteries for bombs

The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security committee says authorities seem to think the Austin bombing suspect had "above average intelligence." Republican Congressman Michael McCaul told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the suspect matched the FBI's initial profile suspicion that the bomber was likely a white male.

Authorities Increase Reward To $100,000 For Tip Leading To Arrest In Austin Bombings

Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, flanked by ATF Special Agent Fred Milanowski and FBI Special Agent Christopher Combs, provides an update Sunday on the investigation into a string of package bombs. Authorities have increased the reward to $100,000 for information leading to an arrest in a string of package bombings in Austin.

Fast and Furious document settlement shoots holes in executive privilege

In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, part of a cache of seized weapons displayed at a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ATF news conference in Phoenix. After six years of legal wrangling, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice in their dispute over the release of documents related to the controversial "gun-walking" program known as Operation Fast and Furious.

U.S. judge: Fake ATF stings should become a relic of the past

Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo speaks from the bench Nov. 25, 2013, in Chicago. Castillo urged federal law enforcement across the country to stop conducting stings in which undercover agents talk suspects into agreeing to steal nonexistent drugs from nonexistent stash houses, saying they overwhelmingly target blacks, are deeply flawed and should become a relic of the past.

US judge: Fake ATF stings should become a relic of the past

A judge on Monday urged federal law enforcement across the country to stop conducting stings in which undercover agents talk suspects into agreeing to steal non-existent drugs from non-existent stash houses, saying they overwhelmingly target blacks, are deeply flawed and should become a relic of the past. Reading from his 73-page written ruling during a Chicago hearing, Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo questioned the overall fairness of the phony stash-house stings, which involve U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents posing as disgruntled Mexican cartel couriers who dangle the prospect of lucrative payouts to the would-be thieves.

Major ruling expected on stash-house stings, racial bias

A federal judge in Chicago is slated to issue a first-in-the-nation ruling Monday about whether law enforcement stings where suspects are talked into robbing non-existent drugs from non-existent stash houses are racially biased. The ruling could determine whether agencies nationwide curtail their reliance on phony stash-house stings, which date to the 1990s and are overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Trump Administration Moves To Ban Bump Stocks

The Justice Department has taken the first step in banning the sale, manufacture or possession of bump stocks through new regulation, as Congress stalls in drafting a legislative prohibition. "The Department of Justice has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a notice of a proposed regulation to clarify that the National Firearms and Gun Control Act defines 'machinegun' to include bump stock type devices," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement issued Saturday.

Justice Department Proposes Bump Stock Ban

The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger devices remain on the market. The move was expected after President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to work toward a ban following the shooting deaths of 17 people at a Florida high school in February.

What are bump stocks? How they work and why Trump wants them banned

Twelve bump stocks were found in the hotel room of the Las Vegas massacre shooter. Lawmakers, including some Republicans are concerned about their capabilities but what are they? Days after yet another mass shooting sparked a nationwide debate on gun control and an immediate response from lawmakers, President Trump took action.