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☆ Judge blocks sale of machine gun converters after U.S. sues
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. District Judge Nina Morrison in Brooklyn on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order against Rare Breed Triggers LLC and Rare Breed Firearms LLC, and their owners Lawrence DeMonico and Kevin Maxwell. The department said this meant the devices qualified as machine guns under federal law, and said the devices did not qualify for limited exceptions permitting their sale. Rare Breed operates in Fargo, North Dakota, and, according to court papers, Maxwell is also its general counsel. AR-15 style rifles have been used in many recent mass shootings. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will do "everything in its power to protect the American people from gun violence and to hold accountable those that flood our communities with illegal guns."

☆ New rule on pistol attachments to boost gun safety, U.S. Justice Department says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday a new rule targeting pistol attachments known as "stabilizing braces," implementing a key move in the Biden administration's efforts to beef up gun control regulations. A stabilizing brace is an attachment to a pistol that functionally turns it into a short-barreled rifle, similar to a sawed-off shotgun. The new rule clarifies that pistols modified by a stabilizing brace are subject to those additional requirements, department officials said. The new rule gives owners, manufacturers and distributors 120 days to report their stabilizing braces to the ATF tax-free. They may also remove the stabilizing brace or turn in any pistol modified by a stabilizing brace to the ATF.

☆ India raises windfall tax on crude, diesel, aviation fuel
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 2 (Reuters) - India has raised windfall tax on petroleum, crude oil and aviation turbine fuel, according to a government order dated Jan. 2. It raised windfall tax on crude oil to 2,100 rupees ($25.38) per tonne from 1,700 rupees ($20.55), effective on Tuesday, the order said. The federal government also raised export tax on diesel to 7.5 rupees per litre from 5 rupees, while raising the windfall tax on ATF to 4.5 rupees per litre from 1.5 rupees, the document showed. India, the world's largest consumer and importer of oil, has been buying Russian crude barrels at well below a $60 price cap agreed by the West. The country in July imposed the windfall tax on crude oil producers and levies on exports of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel after private refiners sought overseas markets to gain from robust refining margins, instead of selling at lower-than-market rates in the country.

☆ India cuts windfall tax on crude, aviation fuel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Dec 16 (Reuters) - India has cut windfall tax on crude oil and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and reduced export tax on diesel, according to a government order dated Dec. 15. It cut the tax on locally produced crude oil steeply to 1,700 rupees ($20.52) per tonne from 4,900 rupees, effective Friday, the order said. The federal government also cut export tax on diesel to 5 rupees per litre from 8 rupees, while slashing the windfall tax on ATF to 1.5 rupees per litre from 5 rupees, the document showed. Meanwhile, Reuters had reported that India has bought Russian crude barrels at well below a $60 price cap agreed by the West. On July 1, India imposed the windfall tax on crude oil producers and levies on exports of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel after private refiners sought overseas markets to gain from robust refining margins, instead of selling at lower-than-market rates in the country.

☆ FDA needs to do better at policing online tobacco retailers, new report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The US Food and Drug Administration is falling down on the job of policing online tobacco retailers, according to a highly critical new report from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. “It is unclear to what extent FDA conducted additional oversight of these online tobacco retailers at later dates and found subsequent violations that could result in FDA taking enforcement actions,” the report says. While it can be difficult to police online retailers due to the sheer volume and the internet’s “wild West” nature, as one FDA official described it in the report, it says the FDA could do better by collaborating more closely with ATF on the oversight of these online retailers. The report recommends that the FDA finish making rules about online sales, as it was supposed to do years ago, and collect data about its oversight of online retailers. What stood out to Sward in the report was the FDA’s lack of follow-up beyond warning letters to online retailers.

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away another challenge to a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on devices called "bump stocks" that enable a semi-automatic weapon to fire like a machine gun. The Supreme Court in 2019 declined to block the ban from going into effect. The justices last month rejected appeals by a Utah gun lobbyist and firearms rights groups of lower court rulings upholding the ban as a reasonable interpretation of a federal law prohibiting machine gun possession. Bump stocks use a gun's recoil to bump its trigger, enabling a semiautomatic weapon to fire hundreds of rounds per minute to let it shoot like a machine gun. Two sets of plaintiffs filed lawsuits seeking compensation for having to destroy or surrender their bump stocks in the Court of Federal Claims, which hears monetary claims against the U.S. government.

☆ Ohio ‘Boogaloo Boi’ arrested after allegedly threatening to 'blow up the IRS' and kill federal agents, FBI says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

An Ohio man who's an extremist "Boogaloo Boi" has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill federal agents and boasting online about his weapons stash, including a grenade launcher, the FBI announced. The complaint says that since at least early 2021, McKillips had been posting messages insinuating or explicitly threatening to harm the government or federal agents. McKillips was arrested on criminal complaint charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and interstate communication of threats, the FBI said. That profile posted a photo of an AR-15 style rifle fitted with a grenade launcher on Jan. 14, 2021, the complaint said. On July 6, 2021, a confidential source reported that McKillips had posted recordings in a Signal chat room talking about burning down federal buildings and shooting federal agents.

☆ Manhunt underway for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect who shot 2 New Jersey police officers, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A manhunt is underway for a suspect who shot two police officers at close range and left them hospitalized in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, officials said. Police are searching for Kendall Howard, 30, describing him as “armed and dangerous” in connection with the Tuesday shooting. Police at the scene where two officers were shot, in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 1, 2022. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said that a concerned citizen called police regarding a suspect in a previous shooting that took place Oct. 28. The other officers was shot in the leg and also remains hospitalized in stable condition.

☆ Florida man charged with murder in connection with missing ex-wife after remains found in burn pile
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

A Florida man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his missing ex-wife, after human remains were found in a burn pile on his property, according to court documents. Ian Christopher Baunach, 43, was charged Monday in Hendry County, Florida, in connection with the death of Katie Samantha Baunach, who was last seen Sept. 29, the Hendry County Sheriff's Office said. Katie Baunach. After failing to make contact with Ian Baunach, officers later returned and found her car had been moved from the driveway onto the street. He did, however, admit "to being angry that Katie Baunach filed for and received a domestic violence injunction against him,” the complaint said.

☆ 1 dead and 1 in custody after a shooting at an Arkansas hospital, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

One person died following a report of an active shooter inside an Arkansas hospital Wednesday morning, authorities said. CHI St. Vincent Hospital in Sherwood, Ark. Little Rock police said in a tweet they assisted in the investigation by detaining a "potential suspect" at an Exxon gas station. The Sherwood Police Department said earlier Wednesday in a statement: “We can confirm an active shooter at SVI. “@ATFNewOrleans special agents are responding to reports of a shooting incident at St. Vincent Hospital in Sherwood, AR.

☆ Eight hospitalized in Chicago building explosion
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

First responders work the scene after a building explosion caused injuries, scattered bricks and debris in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. September 20, 2022. Images and a video clip posted by the fire department showed damaged top floors at West Washington Boulevard and North Central Avenue. The video showed bricks scattered around the corner building and parked cars damaged from fallen debris. The cause of the explosion, which prompted the evacuation of an adjacent building, was unknown, the Chicago Fire Department said on Twitter. Firefighters were believed to have rescued everyone from the collapsed building, made up of about 35 units, NBC News said, citing Deputy Fire Commissioner Marc Ferman.

☆ The night the Lord of the Skies got away
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-22 | by ( Noah Hurowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +38 min

It was May 1985, and Ramirez had only been with the Border Patrol for two and a half years. But he also knew that at the end of that road, just before the international port of entry, was a Border Patrol station. The Lord of the SkiesWithin a decade of that traffic stop, Amado would be the most significant drug trafficker in Mexico. It's the border," Ford told me recently when I reached him by phone. Ford and Amado didn't make a deal that night, but Ford said they agreed to "something tentative."

America’s relationship to gun ownership is unique, and its gun culture is a global outlier. It is then unsurprising that the US has more deaths from gun violence than any other developed country per capita. A 2019 study published in the British Medical Journal found that US states with more permissive gun laws and greater gun ownership had higher rates of mass shootings. A decade of gun violence, culminating with the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, prompted the Australian government to take action. Many countries around the world have been able to tackle gun violence.

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☆ Миллиардеры в США во время пандемии разбогатели на $1,3 трлн
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-20 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +2 min

С начала пандемии коронавируса миллиардеры в США суммарно разбогатели более чем на $1,3 трлн, в то время как безработными оказались 80 млн человек. — «Америка за налоговую справедливость»), за последние 12 месяцев общий капитал 657 миллиардеров в США увеличился на 44,6% по сравнению с допандемийным уровнем. «Пока состояние миллиардеров стремительно росло, с 21 марта 2020 года по 20 февраля 2021-го почти 80 млн человек потеряли работу. С начала пандемии в США появилось 43 новых миллиардера, сообщили в ATF. За момент начала пандемии организация приняла именно эту дату, так как тогда в США уже действовало большинство ограничений, введенных из-за пандемии COVID-19.

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