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One of America's leading and most controversial gun-accessory makers says it will resume sales Tuesday of a device known as a "bump stock." Bump stocks dramatically accelerate the rate-of-fire of semi-automatic rifles, allowing them to shoot almost as fast as fully-automatic machine guns, which are far more tightly regulated and expensive in the U.S. Slide Fire, a company based in Moran, Texas, suspended sales of its bump stock line of products in early October.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in conjunction with the Murfreesboro police and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of guns from On Target in Murfreesboro. On Target at 915 N. Thompson Lane in Murfreesboro was burglarized Nov. 3 and about 24 guns were reported stolen to Murfreesboro police.
A man opened fire inside of a Baptist church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than 20 people and wounding others, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the gunman fled the church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also killed, either by a self-inflicted wound or during a confrontation with police.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives said in news release Tuesday that sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, the suspects broke into trailers at the facility and took several items, including a shipment of firearms.
Members of the Concord Fortress of Hope Church found racist graffiti spray-painted on the doors and windows of the predominately black church in south Kansas City on Sunday morning. The church also had been damaged by a small fire.
A Dover woman has filed a federal whistleblower suit against Sig Sauer claiming she was fired from her job, as compliance director for the local gunmaker, after reporting an unlawful shipment of firearms to an end user described as the "Indonesian way of spelling Ministry of Defense." Through Portsmouth attorney John Sherman, Patricia Hall-Cloutier filed the three-count lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire alleging violation of whistleblower protection, wrongful termination and Family Medical Leave Act retaliation.
New York Field Division Reward Notice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ATF ATF, NSSF Offer Up to $15,000 for Information About Burglary of Target Sports The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation have offered a combined reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals responsible for the burglary of firearms from federally licensed firearms dealer Target Sports, located at 122 Saratoga Road, Glenville, New York.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is offering a substantial reward to anyone who can help them crack the Guns N More case. A burglary crew smashed the windows and display cases at the gun store on Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna October 18. Anyone with information could get $7,000.
A Tunnel Boulevard man has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for selling large amounts of marijuana and being a convicted felon in possession of weapons. On Sept.
Unregistered and untraceable, according to the federal government "ghost guns" could be the next greatest threat to U.S. security. Ghost guns are semi-automatic handguns and rifles assembled from parts.
An undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms or explosives was the second person to take the stand in the first trial of a biker indicted in the 2015 Twin Peaks shootout on Thursday. Christopher Jacob Carrizal, president of the Dallas chapter of the Bandidos, was indicted on one count of directing activities of a criminal street gang and two counts of engaging in organized criminal activities for the shooting that took place more than two years ago outside of the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco.
VAN WERT City Council met on Monday and heard from Stephen Letson, a citizen who approached Council to appeal the zoning board's decision to decline his request to run a small business from his home. Letson has been selling guns and wanted to become licensed.
At least 12 of the weapons found in Stephen Paddock's Las Vegas hotel room were outfitted with bump stocks, which allowed the semi-automatic weapons to mimic the gunfire of automatic ones. - Nine Republican senators sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Friday asking the agency to review its policy on bump fire stocks, a firearm accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire more like automatic ones.
A former Dallas County constable is facing 14 counts of identity theft after authorities found printing machines and social security numbers inside a Selma hotel room, District Attorney Michael Jackson said. Demario Benjamin, along with Christopher Ford and Markus Gloss, were arrested after the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fireworks and Explosives and the Fourth Circuit Drug Tasks Force executed a search warrant at a room at Selma Hotel on West Highland Avenue.
Congressman Mike Thompson on Thursday led a letter to President Trump, urging him to take action to prohibit “bump stocks,” the accessory that allowed the Las Vegas shooter's semi-automatic weapons to function as fully automatic weapons, his office announced. The Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force joined the task force's 13 co-chairs in signing the letter, they said.
In the wake of Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, lawmakers and gun-control advocates have turned their focus toward a little-known but powerful device police say the gunman used on his weapons: the "bump stock." Authorities say the shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock , had affixed bump stocks to at least 12 of the 23 firearms they later recovered from his room.
Officials said Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on a crowd of concert-goers, killing at least 59, and injuring more than 500. Law enforcement reports indicated that Paddock had more than 16 guns in his hotel room, as well as 18 in his Nevada home.
Shootings like Las Vegas spark controversy over the use of guns across the country. Right now, people are calling out for more laws to go into effect banning more and more styles of guns.
Sunday's mass shooting is unlikely to slow down business at gun ranges that offer tourists the chance to fire fully-automatic firearms. Tourists in Las Vegas like renting and firing machine guns Sunday's mass shooting is unlikely to slow down business at gun ranges that offer tourists the chance to fire fully-automatic firearms.