The Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general identified concerns with the handling of employee-issued firearms by the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after parts of a firearm, which was to be destroyed in 2019, were used to commit a crime by a private citizen four years later.
In a recent report, the Office of Inspector General noted how firearm parts were stored in open bins that were accessible to thousands of DEA and FBI employees, as well as contractors.
“The OIG identified these concerns in connection with an investigation of a recovered privately made firearm (PMF), also known as a ‘Ghost Gun,’ that contained an unserialized frame attached to a slide and barrel of a DEA employee-issued firearm,” Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote in a memo to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram….