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ATF: Firearms tracing down in 2016

by Christen Smith

Firearm traces decreased marginally last year, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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FBI: Violent crime, murder, on the rise for the second straight year

by Brian Seay

According to the FBI’s annual crime report, violent crime is on the rise - and as more murders are committed, guns are increasingly the weapon of choice.

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Illinois AG files a lawsuit pushing for federal oversight of Chicago Police reform

by Brian Seay

“Chicago ain’t ready for reform.” Or is it? Illinois AG forces Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s hand by filing a lawsuit pushing for court-ordered police reform.

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Critics say Sessions’ unpopular asset forfeiture decision hurts poor people

by Brian Seay

A Justice Department rollback of an Obama-era decision to limit civil asset forfeiture is harmful to poor people, critics say.

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153 undocumented immigrants arrested in South Texas

by Brian Seay

Federal immigration authorities arrested 153 undocumented immigrants in a 12 day operation throughout South Texas late last month.

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84 undocumented immigrants arrested in Pacific Northwest

by Brian Seay

Federal immigration authorities arrested 84 undocumented immigrants this week in a three day operation in 20 communities throughout Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

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Author of the infamous ‘Anarchist Cookbook’ dead at 66

by Brian Seay

Author of the infamous Anarchist Cookbook, William Powell, died of a heart attack last July at the age of 66, but the news went largely unreported until a new documentary, American Anarchist, noted his death at the end of the film.

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Police department janitor sentenced to 78 months for stealing guns from evidence room

by Brian Seay

A former police department custodian in Alabama was sentenced Tuesday to six and a half years in federal prison after he stole as many as 50 guns from the department’s evidence room.

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ICE report highlights sanctuary cities that refuse to hand over undocumented criminals

by Brian Seay

A new report released Monday makes good on a Trump administration promise to apply pressure to so-called sanctuary cities.

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2017 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

Lawmakers in the Magnolia State on Wednesday advanced a bill that would tap in a firing squad should lethal injection no longer be an option in the future.

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Sessions clears committee, heads to full Senate vote on AG confirmation

by Chris Eger

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday approved the nomination by President Donald Trump of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General.

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Mexico cancels U.S. meeting following Trump executive order on border wall

by Brian Seay

Mexico's president canceled a scheduled meeting at the White House on Thursday after news of an executive order to build a wall along the U.S. border.

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