Law enforcement agencies are searching for officers who have committed domestic violence offenses.
A new federal gun control law is forcing law enforcement agencies around the country to search for officers who may lose their right to carry firearms because they have committed domestic violence offenses.
The nation's basic gun control law, on the books since 1968, has always included an exception for weapons used by government personnel in their official duties. But congressional Republicans removed that exception when they rushed enactment of the domestic violence measure in September. President Bill Clinton's administration and the Republicans are wrangling …