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(14,400 posts)2. One effective method
would be to allow the ATF to actually do their jobs. Congress for years, at the bidding of the NRA of course, has stymied and stalled any ATF action.
They haven't been allowed a headcount increase in years, they aren't allowed to seize records from gun stores - if they want to check records they have to sit in the store and do it...Great short of people and now two or three have to spend hours or days hanging out in the back room of a gun shop going over records.
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You might want to ask your question of the poster I got the link from. ^(A couple of posts up)^
PotatoChip
Aug 2015
#44
Because any Congressperson who votes in favor of doing so gets a failing grade from the NRA
MohRokTah
Aug 2015
#10
BATFE has been a hot mess for decades, and throwing more money at it will not fix
branford
Aug 2015
#34
The Acting ATF Director is Thomas E. Brandon, he was chosen by President Obama,
branford
Aug 2015
#62