By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press Marianna Mitchem, ATF’s former Associate Assistant Director of Field Operations (Industry Operations), is now working for former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Everytown for Gun Safety, according to a former ATF senior official who did not want their name used […]
WA Sheriff’s Dept. To Conduct ‘Gun Buyback’ Though No Evidence They Work
The King County, Washington Sheriff’s Department—the only county in the state with an appointed, rather than elected, sheriff—has announced it will conduct an “anonymous gun buyback event” on Saturday, Sept. 6 at Shoreline Community College, according to KIRO News. Gun buybacks, in recent years, have been considered little more than photo ops because even gun […]
ATF Says Concealed Carry ‘Puts Everyone Involved at Risk’
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press The millions of law-abiding Americans who have chosen to carry a concealed firearm are putting “everyone involved at risk,” the ATF announced this week in a tweet on X. “Take a look into our world. This is a scenario @ATFWasington frequently faces when […]
Anti-Gun NY Reps Offer Resolution to Ban Semi-Autos
Using the July mass shooting in Manhattan which claimed four lives, two perennial anti-gun New York congressmen have introduced a resolution calling for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and enactment of other gun controls. Congressmen Jerrold Nadler, in whose district the shooting occurred, and Dan Goldman—both Democrats—say the killer “exploited weak gun laws in […]
Gun Rights Policy Conference Keynoter Announced
The 2025 Gun Rights Policy Conference planning committee announced today that special operations veteran Christian Craighead will give the keynote address during the 40th annual event. Co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), GRPC is scheduled for Sept. 26 – 28 in […]
OPINION: It’s Time for President Trump to End the ATF
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press OPINION: No one makes the case that it’s time to end the ATF better than the ATF. Rather than allowing the agency to continue on its own or merging it with the DEA as has been recently discussed, President Donald J. Trump should […]