ST. JOHN'S — While the much-maligned national gun registry has overrun its costs and fallen short of its goal of registering every firearm in the country, a special police team has been finding hundreds of illegal guns while working on a tight budget. The National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST) is a unit of officers with weapons expertise who support local law enforcement to stop trafficking and smuggling of guns. In the nearly two years since it was... (GunPolicy.org)