How the NRA truly destroys gun sanity
They prevent anyone from becoming a leader of the ATF, defund it, and prevent computerizing firearm purchases, sabotaging any sane regulation and oversight.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/atf-charged-with-regulating-guns-lacks-resources-and-leadership/2012/12/17/ef280abc-4877-11e2-b6f0-e851e741d196_story.html
The gun lobby, concerned about government regulation of firearms ownership, has taken steps to limit the resources available to ATF and to prevent the agency from having a strong leader, according to former and current ATF officials.
For decades, the National Rifle Association has lobbied successfully to block all attempts to computerize records of gun sales, arguing against any kind of national registry of firearms ownership. And despite the growth of the gun industry and the nation’s population, ATF has fewer agents today than it did nearly four decades ago: fewer than 2,500.
“If the administration and Congress are serious about addressing this problem, they need to fund the gun police, the agency charged with administering the firearms regulations,” said Michael Bouchard, a former ATF assistant director. “Unless they are going to do this completely, simply passing some form of gun legislation is only part of the solution.”
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...The ATF has 2,500 agents. Thanks NRA! 
