Champe Barton

Brooklyn

Reporter at The Trace

@teamtrace, he/him

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Trump Administration Ends Zero-Tolerance Policy for Lawbreaking Gun Dealers

2 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Chip Brownlee |Champe Barton

The Trace The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced April 7 that it is ending its zero tolerance policy for lawbreaking gun dealers, rolling back a Biden-era crackdown that triggered the steepest increase in gun store license revocations in the agency’s history.
ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

1 month ago | trib.com | Champe Barton

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ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

1 month ago | beatricedailysun.com | Champe Barton

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Police Agencies Are Rethinking Policies on Reselling Their Used Guns

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Champe Barton |Chris Hacker

The Trace Last year, an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found that more than 52,000 former police guns resurfaced in homicides, shootings, robberies, and other crimes between 2006 and 2022. Since then, The Trace’s Champe Barton and CBS News’ Chris Hacker report, over a dozen agencies have pledged to stop reselling their guns or are reconsidering the practice.
More law enforcement agencies stop reselling guns to prevent use in crimes

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Chris Hacker |Champe Barton

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies have stopped reselling their used guns or pledged to reconsider the practice after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. The investigation, published last year, revealed that more than 52,000 former police guns had resurfaced in robberies, domestic violence incidents, homicides, and other crimes between 2006 and 2022.
SCOTUS Appears Ready to Sink Mexico’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Gunmakers

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Champe Barton |Chip Brownlee

The Trace The Supreme Court appears likely to quash a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing U.S. gun manufacturers of aiding and abetting traffickers who smuggle firearms across the southern border. During oral arguments in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos on March 4, a majority of the court expressed doubts that the Mexican government had offered specific enough evidence to move forward to a trial.
What Kash Patel’s Leadership Could Mean for the ATF

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Champe Barton |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace President Donald Trump’s February 24 appointment of FBI Director Kash Patel to also serve as acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has stirred fears among former ATF officials and gun violence prevention advocates about a dramatic shakeup at the nation’s top gun regulator. Patel will lead a workforce of more than 5,000 ATF employees charged with investigating violent gun crime and regulating the country’s sprawling firearms industry.
ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

2 months ago | theitem.com | Champe Barton

Federal officials are cautioning state and local law enforcement against reselling their used guns to the public, saying the practice has sent tens of thousands of old police weapons into the hands of criminals. The warning was the first in a series of recommendations made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in its fourth and final installment of a multiyear gun trafficking assessment requested by President Joe Biden in 2021.
ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

2 months ago | dbrnews.com | Champe Barton

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ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

2 months ago | lakegenevanews.net | Champe Barton

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