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ATF behind on inspections of most gun dealers, manufacturers
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is responsible for inspecting federal firearms licensees, which include dealers, manufacturers and importers. The ATF's goal is to inspect all licensees on 3- or 5-year cycles, but auditors found that 58 percent of licensees--73,204 of them--had not been inspected within 5 years.
HHS ponders HIPAA change for gun purchase background checks
The FBI would be able to find out if a person was involuntarily committed to a mental health institution for purposes of running a gun purchase background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System if a rule being considered by the Health and Human Services Department is instituted.
Background checks for guns already strain FBI resources
Just to keep up with the surge in gun purchases since the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Conn. last December, the FBI's background check workforce has grown from about 300 to 500 examiners, Mueller told the House Appropriations subcommittee on commerce, justice, science and related agencies.
Gun legislation heads to the Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee March 7 approved a new anti-gun trafficking measure, making it the first gun measure to be considered before the full Senate since the Dec. 14 shooting that killed 26 people in Newtown, Conn.
Anti-government extremism on the rise, says Southern Poverty Law Center
In light of the increase, the center has asked Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to establish an interagency task force to assess whether the federal government devotes enough resources to "non-Islamic domestic terrorism."
Muslim-American terrorism claims zero lives in 2012, 2011
The number of Muslim-Americans indicted on terrorism charges fell for the third year in a row in 2012 down to 14, and for the second year in a row, no fatalities or injuries resulted from Muslim-American terrorism, f inds a study printed by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
Some bipartisan gun control ground found at hearing
Despite stark areas of disagreement on the need for additional gun control, Republican senators on Wednesday told their Democrat colleagues that there exists common support for strengthening background checks and making gun trafficking a federal offense.
President takes executive action on gun measures
President Obama announced Jan. 16 executive actions and a legislative agenda that he and his administration will pursue in response to gun violence."If America worked harder to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be fewer atrocities like the one that occurred in Newtown. That's what these reforms are designed to do," the president said in a Jan. 16 speech.
Gun lobby to blame for diminished gun-violence federal research, report says
Public funding for research into gun violence has dwindled since the mid-1990s, as a result of pressure from the gun lobby, says a new report from Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The advocacy group released the report Jan. 14 to mark one month after the Sandy Hook school shooting.
President Obama establishes plan to curb gun violence
President Obama has promised federal action to curb gun violence in America, saying he will address the issue with specific recommendations in his 2013 State of the Union address. He also urged Congress to take its own action as soon as possible. "There is a big chunk of space between what the Second Amendment means and having no rules at all," he said.
