Public Safety and Justice Update-7/3/2025
DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations: The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has partnered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to revise or eliminate over 50 federal gun regulations as part of a broader Trump administration effort to reduce…
Man shot Idaho firefighters who had asked him to move his vehicle, killing two: On Sunday (6/29), a 20-year-old transient, Wess Roley, started a wildfire on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and fatally shot two veteran firefighters—Battalion Chiefs Frank Harwood and John Morrison…
Republicans’ tax bill would water down a century-old gun law: A provision in the GOP's sweeping domestic policy bill that could be approved as early as today would roll back key elements of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA), a longstanding federal gun..
Gun control advocates cheer codification of New York Office of Gun Violence Prevention: During Gun Violence Awareness Month, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation permanently establishing the New York State Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP), citing sharp…
Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who threatened police joins Justice Department: Jared L. Wise, a former FBI agent charged with encouraging violence during the January 6 Capitol riot, has been appointed as an adviser to the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group…
Former criminology students admits to killing four Idaho students: Bryan Kohberger, a former Ph.D. student in criminology, pleaded guilty to the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, avoiding the death penalty in a deal that ensures life imprisonment without parole…
Crime rates decreased in Oakland last year, crept up in San Jose: California's overall crime rate declined in 2024, with statewide figures showing an 8 percent drop in total crime and a 6 percent decrease in violent crime from 2023, returning to levels far below historic…