Tag Archives: second amendment
Prosecutor leak exposed Fast and Furious whistleblower
The Justice Department’s independent inspector general on Monday criticized a former top federal prosecutor in Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, for leaking a document in June 2011 about a federal agent who was raising alarms about the gun trafficking investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/us/politics/dennis-k-burke-criticized-for-fast-and-furious-leak.html?ref=us Arizona-based agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms […]
Activist illegally detained by the feds
Former marine, radio host and political activist Adam Kokesh was arrested at a marijuana legalization assembly in Philadelphia. Kokesh was reportedly hauled away in a white Chevy Suburban, although he “hadn’t even smoked yet,” while “other protesters were actually smoking and released after arrest…” The talk radio host recently garnered national attention when he announced […]
US slows “Plastic Guns for Everyone” campaign
The US government has demanded designs for a 3D-printed gun be taken offline. The order to remove the blueprints for the plastic gun comes after they were downloaded more than 100,000 times. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22478310 Before making the Liberator, Mr Wilson got a licence to manufacture and sell the weapon from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, […]
US gun crime down sharply according to recent studies
Gun homicides in the United States have fallen sharply since peaking in 1993, two studies have found. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22443441 The federal Bureau of Justice Statistics said firearms-related homicides had dropped to 11,101 in 2011 from 18,253 – a reduction of 39%. Meanwhile, the Pew Research Center found gun homicides fell to 3.6 per 100,000 people in […]
Vets with PTSD may lose gun rights
After the Newtown, CT massacre and the killing of the former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the media, President Obama, Senator Feinstein of California and even David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, have suggested that people with mental illnesses, which could include veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder, be subject to stricter gun restrictions. […]
Dirty Babylon 