Pa. firearm background checks set records in 2020, up 47% from 2019
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Hosting a Second Amendment rally May 19, 2018, Relic Hunter Firing Line offers firearms sales and an indoor range in North Whitehall Township.lehighvalleylive.com file photo
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Pennsylvania’s background check system for firearm purchases or transfers and for concealed-carry permits saw record volume in 2020.
First, the Pennsylvania Instant Check System’s 406,151 background checks for the third quarter of the year shattered the previous quarterly record of 369,807 set in the first three months of 2013. Then that record was broken by 420,581 checks in the fourth quarter of 2020.
For the year, the 1,445,927 checks conducted outpaced the previous record, set in 2016, of 1,137,975 checks on the system, which was established in 1998.
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Source: FBI
Investigators probing the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob on Wednesday have been seeking images and help in identifying suspects.
The FBI, which is leading the investigation, has a range of investigative tools and technologies to help, including facial recognition software. Potential evidence abounds, thanks in no small part to self-surveillance - namely, many members of the mob livestreamed their breach of the Capitol, took copious photographs or posted images or intentions on social media.
“Some people were being very blatant and flippant about it, smiling for the camera - those people are going to be very easy to find,” Doug Kouns, a retired FBI special agent and founder of the Indiana-based private-investigation firm Veracity IIR, tells The Washington Post.
The United States Department of Justice said 13 individuals have been charged so far in federal court related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Peaceful protesters hold signs while listening to speakers calling for racial justice outside the Mahoning County Courthouse during a May 31 rally. A diverse crowd of several hundred marched from First Presbyterian Church on Wick Avenue in Youngstown.
YOUNGSTOWN A city man convicted of a federal ammunition offense Dec. 28 tried to turn the city’s peaceful May 31, 2020, protest over the death of George Floyd, 46, into a violent one, a police report says.
The protest was in response to Floyd’s death May 25 in police custody after a former Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck to restrain him.
Ronald T. Green, 24, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cleveland to being a felon in possession of ammunition and will be sentenced April 19. He is in the Mahoning County jail.