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2018 Armed and Prohibited Persons Program Annual Report released

On: March 3, 2019

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today released the 2018 Armed and Prohibited Persons (APPS) program annual report. The State of California is the first and only state in the nation to have established an automated system for tracking firearm owners who fall into a prohibited status. The APPS database works …continue reading

Customs and Border Protection Officer arrested on federal charges alleging he operated unlicensed business that sold guns

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On: February 13, 2019

In: Crime

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisory officer has been arrested on federal charges alleging that he engaged in the business of unlawfully selling firearms without a license and sold an illegal short-barreled rifle to an undercover investigator. Wei Xu, 56, of Santa Fe Springs, an officer at the Los …continue reading