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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

“My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

Senate Democrats Sound Alarm On Proposed ATF Rule Loosening Firearm Prohibitions For High-Risk Individuals

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) led a group of Senate Democrats in sounding the alarm on a proposed federal gun regulation that would …

Durbin, Senate Democrats Sound Alarm On Proposed ATF Rule On Transporting Firearms

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of Senate Democrats in sounding the alarm on a proposed federal gun regulation that would allow individuals to circumvent …

House DFLers ramp up push for vote on gun control package as session deadline looms

— UPDATED at 8:51 p.m. after floor action Thursday was the day when the always-simmering debate over guns boiled over in the House. While Wednesday night’s announcement of a budget agreement made headlines for a few hours Thursday, House DFLers returned to …

New Orleans Man Indicted for Violating the Federal Gun Controlled Act and Controlled Substances Act

Wrap Technologies Receives Historic ATF Ruling Formally Classifying BolaWrap® 150 as an Instrument of Restraint — Not a ...

MIAMI, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wrap Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WRAP) (“Wrap” or, the “Company”), a global public safety technology company, today announced that the ATF has issued Ruling 2026-2, formally determining that the BolaWrap® 150 is not …

Orleans Parish Man Sentenced for Violating Federal Gun Control Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that on December 4, 2025, ELIJAH MARTIN (“MARTIN”), age 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to 57 months of imprisonment, after previously pleading …

Federal Ruling Changes Economics of Nonlethal Law Enforcement

AUSTIN, Texas, July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage: American law enforcement is in the middle of a legal and cultural reckoning over use of force. Courts are demanding more from officers before they reach for traditional …

Tangipahoa Parish Man Guilty of Violating Federal Controlled Substances and Federal Gun Control Acts

NEW ORLEANS, LA – RASHUN HUTCHINSON (“HUTCHINSON”), age 25 of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, plead guilty on September 11, 2025, to violations of the Federal Controlled Substances and Federal Gun Control Acts before United States District Judge Barry Ashe, …

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Trump’s War on Democracy

“My generals” running the Pentagon? “My lawyers” running the Department of Justice? “My” main money man and his group of young techies illegally shutting down programs Congress voted to support and fund? What we have here is a hostile takeover of the U. …

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