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OH - Sketches Released: Arson Task Force Investigators Ask for Public’s Help
COLUMBUS, OH – Law enforcement officials investigating the deaths of 10 persons in the September 12, 2004 arson fire that destroyed the apartment building at 600 Lynnwood Lane South, Columbus have released two sketches of individuals investigators need to identify and are asking for the public’s help.
Christopher Sadowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with Gerald Robinson, Chief Deputy Fire Marshal for the State of Ohio and Steve Martin, Chief Deputy of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department announced today that investigators need to identify the two individuals depicted in the sketches below and interview them concerning any knowledge they may have of the fire. Read entire text - en español.
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Semiautomatic Assault Weapon Update
By statute, the prohibitions relating to semiautomatic assault
weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices expired on
September 13, 2004. As a result, certain sections of the Gun Control
Act, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, and its implementing regulations, 27
CFR Part 478, are no longer in effect.
- Open Letter to Federally Licensed Firearms Importers and
Registered Importers of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles
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- Semiautomatic Assault Weapon (SAW) Ban – Questions
and Answers [HTML][PDF]
- Changes in Federal Law As Of September 13, 2004 Relating
to Semiautomatic Assault Weapons (SAWs) and Large Capacity Ammunition
Feeding Devices (LCAFDs) [HTML][PDF]
- Portions of Regulations in Part 478 that are no longer effective
after 9/13/04 [HTML]
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ATF Strategic Plan for FY 2004-2009
 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shares in the mission, common to all of our Nation’s law enforcement agencies, of protecting the public. We contribute to this goal by working to reduce violent crime and prevent terrorism. As part of the Justice Department, ATF is positioned to be even more effective, safeguarding the American public by enforcing Federal laws on firearms, explosives, and arson. Read the Strategic Plan.
ATF Appoints Executive To Head Science And Technology
Dr. Gregg “Skip” Bailey Named Assistant Director, Chief Information Officer. Read
entire text.
ATF: One of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was ranked
eighth in a "best places to work" index complied by the Partnership
for Public Service and the Institute For The Study of Public Policy
Implementation. Read
entire text.
Interim Reporting Instructions for Arson and Explosives
Incidents
The Attorney General (AG) has directed that the Department of Justice’s “Chief Information Officer (CIO) … consolidate all of the Department’s arson and explosives incident databases … into a single database.” He further directed that these databases “shall be maintained by ATF.” The CIO is to report on the feasibility of consolidating all of the databases within 90 days.
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Justice Department Announces New Violent Crime Reduction
Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorney
General James Comey, and Carl J. Truscott, Director of the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced today a
new federal initiative aimed at reducing crime in fifteen U.S. communities.
This initiative has placed teams consisting of ATF Agents, U.S.
Marshals, DEA agents and federal prosecutors in each selected city
over the past several weeks. Read
entire article - en
español
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004
On July 22nd, President Bush signed the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, Public Law No. 108-277. The Act became effective upon the President's signature. The Act amends the Gun Control Act (GCA) to exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms. Read entire text
Project Safe Neighborhoods
 Thank
you all for gathering here in Kansas City for the 3rd annual Project
Safe Neighborhoods conference. I thank U.S. Attorney Todd Graves
and his staff here in the Western District of Missouri for their
efforts in hosting this conference in their district. I also thank
all of the PSN partners … from the U.S. Attorneys to the
state and local prosecutors; from the representatives of the National
District Attorneys Association, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service,
as well as state and local law enforcement agencies, researchers,
and media and community outreach organizations … your hard
work, strong support and unity of purpose are making PSN a great
success for the American people.
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