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NEWS ABOUT: ATF

ATF stories: 9 news summaries

 DC Sniper's Ex: Rampage 
 Was Scheme to Kill Me 

Muhammad hoped to pass off murder on madman and regain custody of kids

Oct 6, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ex-wife of convicted Beltway Sniper John Muhammad was the ultimate target of his murderous 2002 DC rampage that killed 10 people. Mildred Muhammad says her ex intended to pass off her murder as the work of a madman and regain custody of their three children. She got wise to... More »

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ATF • shooting rampage • PTSD • Gulf War • child custody • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • post-traumatic stress disorder • scheme • Mildred Muhammad • Beltway Sniper

Feds Nab Man Who Sold Gun to McNair Killer

Convicted murderer faces charges after parking lot transaction

Jul 17, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - ATF agents have arrested the man who sold the gun that killed Steve McNair, the AP reports. The suspect, Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., has prior convictions for murder and attempted robbery. He admits he sold a fully loaded 9mm pistol to McNair’s girlfriend in a mall parking lot 2... More »

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FBI • Tennessee Titans • murder • ATF • Steve McNair • Nashville • gun laws • Sahel Kazemi • Adrian Gilliam

 ATF Foils Skinhead 
 Plot to Kill Obama 

Tenn. neo-Nazis would have shot, decapitated 102 blacks before going after candidate

Oct 27, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 88 black people, the AP reports. ATF agents said the pair planned to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school in a murder spree that was to... More »

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Barack Obama • high school • ATF • Tennessee • shooting rampage • assassination attempt • Neo-Nazi • Election 2008 • African-Americans

ANALYSIS

 AK-47s Flooding US Cities 

Gun dealers skirt import ban, as assaults with semiautomatics skyrocket

Jul 17, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least one of America’s borders is wide open: Gun manufacturers are selling imported semiautomatic weapons with ease ever since the Bush administration allowed 1994's assault weapons ban to lapse, writes Bruce Falconer for Mother Jones. “We’re being flooded with these AK-47s,” said Miami’s... More »

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Bush administration • ATF • AK-47 • gun ban • assault weapons • guns

GLOSSIES

 In Mexico's Drug War,
 US Guns Fire Shots 

Lax gun control and leaky border towns allow a brisk barter trade

Jun 22, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Mexican authorities seize a cache of weapons from a drug-cartel hitman, their first call is long distance: to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Because, Portfolio reports, chances are any gun used in Mexico’s noxious drug war—which has left close to 10,000 dead since... More »

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Mexico • border control • United States • ATF • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • Sinaloa drug cartel • gunrunning

 Wal-Mart OKs Plan
 to Film Gun Buyers 

Execs accept 10-point deal to curb illegal sales

Apr 14, 08 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wal-Mart approved a plan today to videotape gun-buyers and curb illegal firearm sales in other ways, the New York Daily News reports. The 10-point deal with the bipartisan group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, helmed by New York's Michael Bloomberg, includes inventory controls and a log to trace buyers who have... More »

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gun control • gun sales • ATF • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • firearms • Wal-Mart • arms trafficking • guns

Gun Lobby Holds Up Bush ATF Nominee

Republicans hold fellow Republican's nomination hostage

Feb 25, 08 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Sullivan has spent a long time waiting to become head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but his appointment has run into a roadblock in the Senate. Not with Democrats—with his fellow Republicans. Gun-rights supporters have blocked the appointment of Sullivan, also a US Attorney... More »

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Bush administration • NRA • gun control • ATF • Senate confirmation hearings • Michael J. Sullivan

Feds Beef Up Presence in New Orleans

Surge in violent crime endangers post-Katrina rebound

Jun 4, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Violent crime is such a pressing problem in New Orleans that the federal government is shoring up the local criminal justice system, USA Today reports. Crime was up 107% in the first quarter of 2007 over the previous year, a jump the NOPD attributes to population growth—but the increased... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • FBI • New Orleans • crime • law enforcement • Eddie Jordan • ATF • DEA • homicide • Katrina aftermath

Student Bomber Foiled at Falwell Funeral

FBI found explosives in Liberty University student's car

May 23, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at Jerry Falwell's university is under arrest for a bomb plot against protesters at the late evangelist's funeral. A relative of Mark Uhl tipped off authorities, who found five bombs in the 19-year-old Liberty University student's trunk. Uhl admitted he planned to use the bombs to disrupt a... More »

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FBI • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • ATF • bombing • Mark Uhl • funeral

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