By Anand Vasu President Joe Biden’s announcement of six actions impacting gun regulation on April 8, following three mass shooting incidents earlier in the year, met with sharp reactions. As expected, the NRA was strongly critical of Biden’s announcements. “Let's be clear...
By Anand Vasu On Thursday morning, speaking from the Rose Garden and flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland and less than 24 hours after yet another mass shooting, this time in South Carolina, President Joe Biden announced an...
By Charlotte Spencer Last week, on March 22, 67-year-old Gregory Paul Ulrich made a virtual 10-minute appearance in front of a Minnesota judge, who ordered what's called a "Rule 20 evaluation" to determine if Ulrich was mentally competent to stand trial. On...
By Anand Vasu Tony Hernández, a former Honduran Congressman, was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to forfeit $138.5 million for distributing 185 tons of cocaine, and related firearms and false statements offenses. Over a 15-year-period, Hernández played a leadership role...
By Anand Vasu The U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, March 25, declined to block an initiative banning bump stocks, the modification that allows semi-automatic rifles to fire bullets at nearly the same frequency as fully automatic rifles or machine guns. Delivered in...
By a Biometrica staffer Photo courtesy: Napa County Sheriff’s Office California business owner, Ian Benjamin Rogers, 43, of Napa County, was charged this week by federal authorities with the possession of unregistered destructive devices following a joint investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Napa County Sheriff’s Office and the Napa Special Investigations Bureau,...
By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice has charged over 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during fiscal year 2020, it said in a statement. These charges are the result of the critical law enforcement partnership between U.S. Attorneys’ Offices...
By a Biometrica staffer A 21-year old was charged with two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, after the shooting of a teenager last week, the US Department of Justice Nashville Field Division said in a statement....