Despite Reputation for Strong Gun-Control Laws, Massachusetts Refuses to Provide Mental Health Records for Federal Background Checks

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Massachusetts has a good reputation with strong gun-control laws – until it comes to mental health records. The Boston Globe reported Monday that a 43-year-old law prohibits the state from sharing mental health records with the FBI database for gun background checks. The FBI processed about 1.6 million background checks of Massachusetts residents since…

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Rep. Darrell Issa Blasts Outgoing Justice Official Lanny Breuer

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif), head of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, isn’t sad  to see the resignation of Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, who heads the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Lanny Breuer’s resignation is long overdue,” Issa said in a press release issued late last week. “Breuer…

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FBI Investigating Whether Sen. Bob Menendez Bought Prostitutes in the Dominican Republic

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  The FBI is investigating the latest sex scandal in Washington D.C. The Daily Caller reports that Sen. Bob Menendez is under investigation on accusations that he was purchasing prostitutes and attending wild sex parties in the Dominican Republic. The probe focuses on the New Jersey Democrat and a Miami eye doctor, the Daily…

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DEA: Doctors Not Taking Pain Killer Abuse Seriously Enough

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Doctors are largely responsible for the high rate of pain killer abuse because they don’t take the risks seriously enough, the DEA said Thursday, Bloomberg reports. “This drug has got a hold of this society and it’s killing us,” Joseph Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator in the DEA’s office of diversion control, said…

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