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Suspect Organizations and Individuals Possessing Long-Range Fifty Caliber Sniper Weapons
House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations
House Committee on Government Reform
Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations
Abstract
The Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations of the House Committee on Government Reform investigated the connection between fifty caliber weapons with armor piercing ammunition and criminal activity. After analyzing trace requests for ammunition purchases, the subcommittee found that a majority of the traces led directly to weapons in the possession of organizations or individuals suspected of criminal activity, including: an assassination attempt, the shooting of a federal ATF agent, and multiple homicides at a shopping center in Colorado. Moreover, the investigation revealed sales to individuals with criminal records, second-hand sales among conspirators, and the illegal possession of weapons stolen from legal purchasers.
Date
1999-08-17
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
17 pages
Congress
106
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
12: Law, Crime, and Family Issues
PAP Minor Code
1209: Police, Fire, and Weapons Control
Related Hearings
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20051024223747/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=565&Issue=Guns