Posted on 03/23/2023 10:51:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
I want a description of a “mass shooting”.
Seems they are counting the victims-—and calling each one a MASS SHOOTING.
ONE mass shooting: 5 killed==5 MASS SHOOTINGS?
AOC replaced this witch as the dumbest member of congress
What is worse is the cadre of simpletons that are so greedy and stupid they will vote for the next Mrs Lee for another 100 years. Mrs Lees come and go but the greedy simpletons are always there.
The ATF was formerly part of the United States Department of the Treasury, having been formed in 1886 as the “Revenue Laboratory” within the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Internal Revenue. The history of ATF can be subsequently traced to the time of the revenuers or “revenoors”[5] and the Bureau of Prohibition, which was formed as a unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 1920. It was made an independent agency within the Treasury Department in 1927, was transferred to the Justice Department in 1930, and became, briefly, a division of the FBI in 1933.
When the Volstead Act, which established Prohibition in the United States, was repealed in December 1933, the Unit was transferred from the Department of Justice back to the Department of the Treasury, where it became the Alcohol Tax Unit (ATU) of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Special Agent Eliot Ness and several members of The “Untouchables”, who had worked for the Prohibition Bureau while the Volstead Act was still in force, were transferred to the ATU. In 1942, responsibility for enforcing federal firearms laws was given to the ATU.
In the early 1950s, the Bureau of Internal Revenue was renamed “Internal Revenue Service” (IRS),[6] and the ATU was given the additional responsibility of enforcing federal tobacco tax laws. At this time, the name of the ATU was changed to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division (ATTD).
In 1968, with the passage of the Gun Control Act, the agency changed its name again, this time to the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the IRS and first began to be referred to by the initials “ATF”. In Title XI of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, Congress enacted the Explosives Control Act, 18 U.S.C.A. Chapter 40, which provided for close regulation of the explosives industry and designated certain arsons and bombings as federal crimes. The Secretary of the Treasury was made responsible for administering the regulatory aspects of the new law, and was given jurisdiction over criminal violations relating to the regulatory controls. These responsibilities were delegated to the ATF division of the IRS. The Secretary and the Attorney General were given concurrent jurisdiction over arson and bombing offenses. Pub.L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 922, October 15, 1970.
In 1972, ATF was officially established as an independent bureau within the Treasury Department on July 1, 1972, this transferred the responsibilities of the ATF division of the IRS to the new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Rex D. Davis oversaw the transition, becoming the bureau’s first director, having headed the division since 1970. During his tenure, Davis shepherded the organization into a new era where federal firearms and explosives laws addressing violent crime became the primary mission of the agency.[7] However, taxation and other alcohol issues remained priorities as ATF collected billions of dollars in alcohol and tobacco taxes, and undertook major revisions of the federal wine labeling regulations relating to use of appellations of origin and varietal designations on wine labels.
In the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the Homeland Security Act of 2002. In addition to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the law shifted ATF from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice.[8] The agency’s name was changed to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. However, the agency still was referred to as the “ATF” for all purposes. Additionally, the task of collection of federal tax revenue derived from the production of tobacco and alcohol products and the regulatory function related to protecting the public in issues related to the production of alcohol, previously handled by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as well as by ATF, was transferred to the newly established Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which remained within the Treasury Department.[9] These changes took effect January 24, 2003.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives
Much more at link above...
I’m amazed they didn’t kill the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court when they had a chance.
Lee must be off her meds again.
I’m pretty sure it was well into the 20th century before there was an ATF-but she also said there was a US flag on Mars, so...
Porque no te callas, Shiela? Houston just called-their idiot is missing and they want her back...
One of my fave vids. ATF officer arrested. He was also found shoplifting wine at his local Kroger.
Real class acts you’re hiring there, ATF.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iJSzPD1WjCQ
Thanks! Someone needs to send the dumbass that info...
She supposedly has one of the highest staff turnovers in Congress
Lee reflects her district with exacting precision.
Having gone to the Houston Convention Center a few times I strongly suggest avoiding the area at all costs.
Lee reflects her district with exacting precision.
Having gone to the Houston Convention Center a few times I strongly suggest avoiding the area at all costs.
Paraphrase of saying.
Rather than have people wonder if Lee sitting silent in a room is the stupidest person in Congress she opens her mouth and confirms it.
The folks who keep electing her would then elect another racist moron, just like her compadre Maxine in LA.
Yep.
In 1871 the NRA was founded.
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