Firearms

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) expressed concern over a new ruling that shifts the responsibility for vetting convicted felons seeking firearms from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to a different arm of the Justice Department.

A proposal from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York would make it easier for a person to file an extreme risk protection order, better known as a red flag petition.

The FBI has released more than 1,500 pages of documents relating to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 children and six…