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Acting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director B. Todd Jones talks to Attorney General Eric Holder in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, after President Barack Obama signed executive orders outlining about proposals to reduce gun violence. Obama will nominate Jones as the next ATF director. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

New ATF director may lead Federal illegal gun crackdown

Peter Finn, Sari Horwitz The Washington Post

Last updated Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 11:23am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nomination of B. Todd Jones to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Wednesday is an effort to energize a depleted agency that has been denied leadership and resources by legislators aligned with the gun lobby, according to administration officials and former law enforcement officials.

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ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Gun Store Burglary

Press release Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:25am

RAWLINS, Wyo. -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Denver Field Division Special Agent in Charge Marvin G. Richardson announced today a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the burglary of The Man Cave, a pawn shop and federally licensed firearms (FFL) dealer, located at 109 4th Street, Rawlins, Cheyenne, WY.

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Skyler Pinales is dressed in Revolutionary War-era period clothing Saturday at the Antique and Modern Gun Show at the Golden Spike Event Center in Ogden. The show concludes today and runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Weber County Fairgrounds.(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Bits of history — and lots more — for sale at gun show

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 12:05am

OGDEN — Thousands of people entering the Antique and Modern Gun Show on Saturday were asked, “Are you carrying any guns with you today?”

Before noon, uniformed security guards at the door of the Golden Spike Arena Exhibit Hall had 50 to 60 weapons being held for safekeeping.

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(ALEX BRANDON/The Associated Press) In this May 28, 2010, file photo, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., gives an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. Isaa said Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, that he could send subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this week over weapons lost amid the Mexican drug war. Isaa suggested on “Fox News Sunday” that Attorney General Eric Holder knew about the gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious” earlier than he has acknowledged.

Issa: ‘Fast and furious’ subpoenas issued soon

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 4:53pm

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House oversight committee said Sunday that he could send subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this week over weapons lost amid the Mexican drug war.

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White House rejects ATF proposal for reporting of long-gun sales

John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 11:13am

MILWAUKEE -- The White House budget office has delivered a blow to the federal agency charged with regulating gun stores, rejecting its emergency request designed to slow gun trafficking into Mexico.

The Office of Management and Budget notified the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives last week that its request to require gun stores in four border states to report the multiple sales of certain long guns favored by Mexican cartels did not constitute an emergency under the law.

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AK-47s found at death scene near U.S.-Mexico border were part of ATF probe

Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 10:40am

In a sign of the cost of widespread U.S. weapons smuggling into Mexico, federal law enforcement sources have confirmed that two guns, part of a series of purchases that were being monitored by authorities, were found at the scene of the firefight that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent in southern Arizona.

Sources said U.S. authorities did not have the ability to adequately monitor the movement of the guns toward the southern border, in part because of current laws and low levels of staffing.

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