One clue comes from ATF agent Charles Houser, head of their National Tracing Center Division.
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More than 60, 000 of the retailers tracked by the ATF are indeed mom-and-pop type places.
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Of those, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) referred 4, 732 cases for prosecution.
Congressionally imposed restrictions placed on ATF's ability to enforce existing laws should be removed.
According to Syracuse University, federal weapons (ATF referred) prosecutions are down over 30% since 2005.
The ATF and FBI both went through the buyer's paperwork and approved the sale, he said.
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Right after the shooting, we do know what some ATF officials were saying to each other.
They said that ATF had nothing to do with guns going over into Mexico.
The sales would also help the ATF identify cartel leaders and gun acquisition techniques.
An ATF official said 55 people were charged with federal and state violations resulting from the seven-month undercover operation.
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It includes the need to confirm an ATF director for the first time.
The FBI and the ATF are assisting Orange County authorities with the investigation.
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Lawmakers are investigating the operation, in which as many as 2500 guns were sold by the ATF to straw-buyers.
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Hoover did not give statistics about the number of hand-grenades seized by ATF, nor were statistics immediately available from the agency.
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Two other top justice officials named in the report, Kenneth Melson, the former head of ATF, will retire after its publication.
The ATF says experts plan to enter the crater in the next few days and start digging in search of an explanation.
"ATF had an opportunity and probable cause to arrest the Osorio brothers and Morrison but failed to do so, " the lawsuit states.
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Just as ATF agents feared, on Dec. 14, 2010, in the dark of night in a remote canyon in Rio Rico, Ariz.
The rest, 4, 732 denials, were referred to ATF field divisions for investigation.
My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner.
The ATF spokeswoman did not comment on why the store's license was revoked, including if it had anything to do with the Newtown rampage.
The operation was the result of seven months of undercover investigations by the ATF and the Omaha Police Department into drug and gun trafficking.
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The ATF conducted more than 11, 400 firearms compliance inspections in 2012.
Senior officials from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) and Explosives told a Senate panel Wednesday of their growing concern over these groups.
Former Acting ATF Chief Ken Melson, after refusing to be a scapegoat for this operation, became an adviser in the Office of Legal Affairs in Washington, D.
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The Senate hasn't confirmed a permanent ATF director since 2006.
The Avenger Task Force (ATF) was set up earlier this year after officers from the Gloucestershire force visited Greater Manchester Police to learn from their experiences of gang management.
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In addition to strengthening the ATF's enforcement power, we need to attack gun trafficking at its source by limiting the high-volume gun sales that fuel trafficking from licensed dealers.
Mr Holder said officials cited in the report, from the ATF as well as the US Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, have been referred for disciplinary action.
When Congress originally asked the Justice Department about the operation last year, it first denied that the ATF had permitted any smuggling to proceed before reversing itself ten months later.
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