Enforcement

Indiana Conservation Officers arrested Woodrow Snyder after citizen tips led to an investigation revealing he and accomplices illegally killed over 30 white-tailed deer during the 2025 fall and winter seasons. Snyder faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including obstruction of justice, illegal sale of wildlife, and jacklighting.

Following investigation by Bureau of Land Management law enforcement, two recreational shooters will pay more than $24,000 to the BLM after firing illegal exploding ammunition that sparked the 2024 Leeds and Chalky Butte fires in southwest Idaho.

A Windham man turned himself in, confessing to the shooting of a domestic dog in North Yarmouth yesterday. The charge is the result of an incident Friday when at approximately 11:00 a.m., three people were walking their dogs on a marked trail in the Knights Pond Preserve when one of their dogs was shot, approximately 20 feet ahead of them.

Jose Moreno, 26, of Hanford, California, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years and one month in prison for illegally distributing a machine gun. According to court documents, Moreno sold a machine gun to a member of the Nuestra Familia Prison Gang operating in California’s Kings and Tularie Counties.

Yesterday, a Salt Lake City, Utah, man was sentenced to 4 years in prison today for dealing in firearms without a license and filing fraudulent tax returns,

HIVIZ® Shooting Systems, in conjunction with the Laramie Police Department and DCI hosted a five-day Advanced Law Enforcement Training Seminar culminating Friday, August 28th at the Cheyenne Police Department Range.

The owners of Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris have been charged by federal law enforcement officials with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts in South Africa in order to defraud American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns.

The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) will be hosting a new webinar for NTOA members on Negotiations: Understanding the Incident Assessment Process. Det. Jan Dubina (ret.), the current Chair of the NTOA Crisis Negotiation Section, will provide an overview of the Incident Assessment Process used during an ongoing hostage / barricade incident.

IWI US, Inc. is proud to announce that the Pennsylvania State Capitol Police have chosen to carry the IWI US TAVOR® SAR. The Pennsylvania Capitol Police are a section of the Pennsylvania Department of General Services.

A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania man has been fined $1,100 after he presented a wildlife conservation officer with a phony shooting-range permit he could have bought legitimately for $30.

The Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) plans to invest more than $20 million to strengthen the firearm background check system by improving states' abilities to share information with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). OJP's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) are providing funding for three grants to support state, territorial and tribal efforts to reduce information gaps and make instantly available to NICS all records prohibiting the purchase or possession of firearms.

The Bellevue-based Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today is joining King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg in an effort to crack down on armed juvenile criminals.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of firearms from Turner's Outdoorsman a federally licensed firearms retailer in Torrance, California, matching the $5,000 reward offer by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The retailer is also offering a $5,500 reward.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF),has matched the reward of up to $5,000 offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of firearms from the Gander Mountain store, a federally licensed firearms retailer in Woodbury, Minnesota.

Nicholas Bickle, 34, of San Diego, a U.S. Navy SEAL convicted last fall of multiple felony weapons charges, including dealing in stolen firearms, was sentenced Thursday to 17½ years in federal prison and three years of supervised release.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, has offered a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of handguns from a sporting goods store in Union Township, Penn. This reward offer matches a $2,500 reward offer by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

After a two and a half year investigation, an Elm Grove, Louisiana man has been sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary for illegal possession of a silencer.

A complete shutdown of the Pennsylvania Instant Check System by the state police for a period of 60 hours later this month for a system upgrade is "inexcusable," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) announces a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of firearms from Jack Smith Gun Sales, Des Moines, Iowa. The reward matches the reward offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Two Laredo, Texas residents and convicted felons, have each been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for illegal possession of a machine gun. The pair pleaded guilty to selling a fully automatic Cobray M-11, 9mm submachine gun and silencer to undercover ATF agents.