Legislative
Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes Rifle Ban, Signs Lead Ammo Ban Into Law
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed gun-control bills Friday — including a controversial effort to deem all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines as illegal assault weapons — but signed many more gun bills, including a controversial ban on using lead ammunition in hunting. The governor also nixed efforts to let Oakland draft its own, stricter gun regulations…
Read MoreD.C. Police Chief Covers Up Giving Feinstein Illegal ‘Assault Weapons’
Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier seems to think that gun-control laws don’t apply to the liberal elite. The police chief helped Sen. Dianne Feinstein acquire “assault weapons,†which are illegal to possess in the District, for a news conference early this year to promote a ban on these firearms, then tried to cover…
Read MoreATF Tries To Block Whistleblowing Agent’s Fast And Furious Book
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his retelling of the Mexico “gun-walking†scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Times. Read the rest of the article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/6/atf-tries-block-whistleblowing-agents-fast-and-fur/
Read MoreAirport Worker Pleads Guilty to Gun Thefts
A former worker at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was sentenced Thursday to two years and two months in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing shotguns, revolvers and other weapons from the checked luggage of passengers who had connecting flights through the busy Twin Cities airport. David Vang, 24, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty…
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