HRC is horrified to learn of the death of Alexandria Winchester, a 24-year-old Latina transgender woman who was shot to death on December 26 in the Bronx, New York.
This bar graph depicts the number of firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act by Fiscal Year from FY 2005 to FY 2020. (ATF graph via Courthouse News)
MANHATTAN (CN) The U.S. government need not release statistics on guns used in suicides or attempted suicides, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, reversing what had been a victory for gun-regulation advocates.
Seeking such information as part of a push to curb gun violence in America, the group Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund demanded that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives produce relevant records under the Freedom of Information Act.
Demurring, however, the ATF argued that Congress had specifically blocked access to the Firearms Trace System database. The move centered on a series of amendments to the Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2005, known as the Tiahrt Riders, first adopted in the early 2000s and updated in 2012.
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