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From AP:

In a story I did earlier this morning I stated I needed to get out of a red state and get to a blue state, and this just confirms what I said earlier, today.

Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted

According to the Washingtom Post, Tennessee agents of the ATF have

broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree.

It appears as if the ATF has broken up some sort of planned attack by Tennessee skinheads:

The ATF says it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree.

From the Chattanooga Free Press:

Gun Law News has some updates on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act

The WaPo:

Edgar A. Domenech says he thought Justice Department officials would welcome information about mismanagement at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Instead, the 23-year ATF veteran says, Justice officials ignored his complaints and later retaliated against him by demoting him, denying him a bonus and attempting to give him a poor job revie

That’s a quote from a guy in the video about the ATF raid on Cavalry Arms. The guy owns a business nearby. Is it bad that my first thought is that the something probably consists of not crossing Ts or dotting an I or writing N instead of No on a form?

ColtCCO:

Good:

The confirmation of US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives was thrown into further doubt yesterday, when a Republican senator who is blocking the nomination renewed complaints that Sullivan has refused to loosen licensing rules for guns.
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Bloomberg’s latest:

In a new tactic against urban crime, the mayors of several East Coast cities, including New York, plan to launch a database that will allow them to share information on known gun offenders.

HR4900: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act is the latest attempt by Congress to reign in that agency that seems to want to put its customers out of business.