Badly flawed background check system fails to contain firearms sales

By Rick Schmitt

Center story detailed loopholes in current system

Excerpts from this story referencing "tear gas":

"… m, along with a combat-style hatchet, armor-piercing ammo and canisters of tear gas. The data gap that Geisel exploited should have been closed by now. Four …"

"… Talon armor-piercing ammunition, body armor, a stun gun, two canisters of tear gas, and more. The arsenal stunned federal authorities in Maine, who had …"

Government fails to keep eye on night-vision goggles in Mideast

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Alexandra Duszak

Pentagon, State Department lose track of valuable military equipment, GAO says

Excerpts from this story referencing "tear gas":

"… the GAO warned.An October report by Amnesty International said U.S.-made tear gas canisters, rubber bullets, and sound grenades were found in the debris of …"

"… y that injured hundreds. A handful of the citizens who died were killed by tear gas, an independent government panel concluded on Nov. 23.The GAO attributed t …"

U.S. arms Bahrain, despite human rights concerns

By Aaron Mehta

U.S. starts arms sales, again, as the country's tumult persists

Excerpts from this story referencing "tear gas":

"… ficial on a conference call last Friday. “That would include things like tear gas, tear gas launchers, stun grenades – those sorts of things.”In Decembe …"

"… a conference call last Friday. “That would include things like tear gas, tear gas launchers, stun grenades – those sorts of things.”In December, the Cen …"

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U.S. points finger, and arms exports, at human rights abusers

By Zach Toombs and R. Jeffrey Smith

The State Department decries repression in the countries where it promotes the purchase of U.S. weaponry.

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"… ferent branches of the State Department paint contrasting portraits of how Washington views dozens of strategically significant countries around the world, in s …"

"… .”India is not alone in getting U.S. arms sales pitches at the same time Washington points at rights abuses. Commercial arms sales totalling $2.4 billion were …"

Current gun debate may not help beleaguered ATF

By Alan Berlow

Federal gun cops handicapped by weak laws, stagnant budgets and Congressional restrictions

Excerpts from this story referencing "tear gas":

"… gents were killed and 20 were wounded. Weeks later, after the FBI inserted tear gas into the compound, it burned to the ground, resulting in the deaths of som …"