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The more than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms represents 54% of such weapons in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021, Justice Department officials said.

Recent ATF data reveals challenges in investigating illegal firearm trafficking cases in the U.S., highlighting the need for stricter regulations.

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said, bolstering the nominee less than a week after his Senate confirmation hearing.

Less than a day after a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, a Wednesday Senate hearing for President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reflected the deep political divisions over guns

‘This is despicable … the same people that tried to accuse us of defunding the police have taken one of the most important law enforcement agencies for protect[ing] Americans ,to protect our children, our churches, or mosques or synagogues or parks or supermarkets [and] it’s not allowed to do their…

WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the ATF.

After much talk and little action on guns, President Joe Biden finally took a few small steps forward this week. Actually getting a handle on the country’s epidemic of gun violence will require Congress to do its job.

A GOP attempt to troll Biden reveals too much: From 200 years of antisemitic paranoia to MTG's space lasers