The son and grandson of Joseph T. Tomasello, a notorious Colombo crime family capo, have been arrested on federal weapons charges after a raid on their Staten Island home turned up a huge arsenal, including a large stash of “ghost guns” and equipment used to produce them. Joseph Orapallo, 57, and his son Frank, 22, … Read more
If you thought Virginia Democrats might slow their anti-gun crusade after their party took a shellacking at the polls across the country this past November yet retained slim majorities over both the state senate and legislature, think again. Fortunately, the Old Dominion has a Republican attorney general, lieutenant governor and governor, the latter who is … Read more
Until they face legal consequences, the contemptuous left has made it clear that they will continue to spend tax dollars legislating in defiance of the judiciary, particularly the United States Supreme Court. While “contemptuous” could be aptly described here as full of scorn or disdain, I am referring to contempt of court, legal terminology that … Read more
Predictably, gun control activists are citing the cold-blooded Manhattan murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson to call for more gun control, particularly in the hot-button areas of “ghost guns” and “3D printed firearms.” There are at least two main problems with this. One, the facts of the case are still being investigated, and preliminary reports of … Read more
A recent article at VoxelMatters, a 3D-printing publication, tells us about an effort to stop the 3D printing of firearms and firearms parts. 3DPrinterOS, a company that develops software to manage printers, worked with a university to develop algorithms that should identify gun parts. These could be used to make 3D printers than will stop … Read more
A new Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit questions how FBI and DEA gun parts slated for destruction ended up in a “ghost gun” seized during a criminal investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency are being accused of storing the pistol parts where they could easily be … Read more
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok, a case that could redefine the federal government’s ability to regulate “ghost guns”—untraceable firearms assembled from kits or components without serial numbers. The Biden administration argues that these kits, which can be quickly turned into functioning firearms, should be subject to the same regulations … Read more
The United States Supreme Court begins its new term today and plans to hear a wide ranging number of cases dealing with eveything from guns to online porn. While no doubt a number of you are definitely into online porn, it is the gun cases TTAG will focus on today. Among the first issues to … Read more
The Ghost Gunner 3-S CNC machine expands its capabilities, with the Optics Cut Library 2.0
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