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Waco: American Apocalypse: 5 Things To Know Before You Watch The Netflix Docuseries

Here are five things to keep in mind before checking out the new Netflix true crime docuseries, Waco: American Apocalypse.

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Netflix Waco: American Apocalypse – how many people died in the Waco siege?

Netflix’s new docuseries explores David Koresh’s doomsday cult and the deadly siege that claimed the lives of many of his followers

Manchester Evening News

Netflix Waco: American Apocalypse – what happened at the Waco siege?

Netflix’s new docuseries recalls the deadly siege on David Koresh’s infamous doomsday cult

Manchester Evening News

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Filmmaker Tiller Russell Humanizes What Happened at Waco

A new Netflix documentary shows how the seeds of political polarization that roil our culture today were planted at Waco.

Reason

‘Waco: American Apocalypse’ details the errors that worsened a deadly siege

The toll of the 51-day standoff between federal agents and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians still shocks in Netflix doc.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden's Plan To Unilaterally Expand Background Checks for Gun Buyers Is Legally and Logically Dubious

The president wants to redefine federally licensed gun dealers in service of an ineffective anti-crime strategy.

Reason

Ghost guns sent to the ATF have more than tripled since 2019

From 2017 to 2021, the federal government traced approximately 1% of submitted PMFs to their original purchasers.

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Trial of former aide to Ald. Jim Gardiner delayed

Charles Sikanich, Gardiner’s former ward superintendent, was to go to trial this week on charges he tried to sell a machine gun to an undercover ATF agent while on the clock for the Streets & Sanitation Department.

Chicago Sun-Times

Here’s how the government tracks guns used in crimes

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traced 79% of guns from crimes in 2021.

USAFacts

KC-area firearm store settles lawsuit over gun trafficking. Will it make a difference?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City has reached a settlement with a local gun store that will require the shop to pay $150,000, implement training to prevent straw purchasing and participate in a monitoring program.

Tribune News Service

Biden's Attack on 'Ghost Guns' Fits a Pattern of Lawless Firearm Regulation

The president and his predecessor both tried to impose gun control by executive fiat.

Reason

Bump stocks sales resume in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi after ATF misses deadline to appeal reversal of ban

WASHINGTON — Gun shops are selling bump stocks again in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi after federal regulators failed to appeal a ruling that lifted a ban imposed after a Las Vegas rampage left 58 people dead.

Tribune News Service

Right-wingers still can't get over Waco

Alec Jones, Gavin McInnes and Proud Boys still cite Waco to fuel anti-government attacks

Salon

30 years later, Waco siege still resonates – especially among anti-government extremists

Feb. 28, 2023, marks 30 years since the beginning of the Waco siege, the confrontation at a Texas compound that killed around 80 members of the Branch Davidian religious community and four federal agents.

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Reason

Waco Offers New Insights From ATF Agents

Historian Jeff Guinn's account focuses on the ATF's oft-overlooked fiasco in the 1993 affair rather than the FBI's widely reported involvement.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Bol: what does an atypical doping test result mean for the Australian athlete?

The Olympian says a B sample has exonerated him but for Sport Integrity Australia the case is not closed and for Bol his race is not yet run

WEKU

State House Panel Moves on bill related to federal firearms measure

The House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee has voted almost unanimously to prohibit local police from using tax dollars to implement a federal firearms or ammunition ban

Reason

A Texas-Backed Lawsuit Argues That the ATF's Pistol Brace Rule Is Arbitrary and Unconstitutional

Although the law did not change, regulators suddenly decided to criminalize unregistered possession of braced pistols.

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6 major takeaways from the ATF's first report in 20 years on U.S. gun crime

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released a major report that details how stolen guns and emerging technology like "ghost guns" play a factor in gun violence in the U.S.

The Texas Tribune

Biden rule reclassifying some pistols as short-barreled rifles draws Texas lawsuit

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives amended a rule that classifies guns with “stabilized braces” as rifles, which are subject to different regulations, triggering the objection of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gun Owners of America.

Tribune News Service

Francis Wilkinson: Stolen guns are fueling violent crime in the US

The federal government recently produced two notable documents on gun violence last week. The first, a report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, provided a measure of the mayhem induced by the deregulation of firearms and the removal of strictures on virtually anyone wishing to possess them.…

Chicago Sun-Times

Signs of illegal gun trafficking, mayoral hopefuls’ plans for CPS and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Department says short ‘time-to-crime’ for guns used in crimes in Chicago points to illegal trafficking

The period from when a gun is bought until it’s recovered in a crime was far lower in Chicago than in New York or Los Angeles, according to a new federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives report.

Axios

Number of traced "ghost guns" doubled between 2020 and 2021, new report says

The increase reflects, at least in part, an uptick in the criminal use of ghost guns.

The Independent UK

Boebert hits out at Americans for ‘only’ owning 46% of world’s guns

Lauren Boebert claims ‘gun-free’ zones are ‘most dangerous’ places in America

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