ATF/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to announce the long-anticipated federal rule officially banning bump stocks in the coming days, according to US officials familiar with the matter. Bump stocks gained national attention last year after a gunman in Las Vegas rigged his weapons with the devices to fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people. […]
Category: ATF
11/16/2018
ATF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is considering a top national police official to be his director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an appointment that critics say could be a potential reward for his support of a White House-backed sentencing reform bill. Opponents of bipartisan legislation to overhaul federal sentencing […]
3/13/2018
2A/ATF/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida high school last month, President Trump vowed to overhaul some of the nation’s gun laws, promising to ‘do more to protect our children.’ The president announced a string of changes, including a ban of so-called bump stock devices, which can make […]
1/19/2018
ATF/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has drafted plans to strip key authorities from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, senior administration officials said on Friday, an acknowledgment that the agency has all but abandoned its legacy of fighting liquor and tobacco smugglers… But the modern A.T.F. has focused its stagnant budget on […]