The ATF was only one of the participants in the Fast & Furious caper. Aside from the ATF, the FBI, the DEA, the Border Patrol, the U.S. Attorney's office in Phoenix and the State Department were all involved.
The involvement of so many different federal agencies and different departments is prima facie evidence that the rot extends straight into the Attorney General's and the President's offices.
Accordingly, don't limit your disdain to the ATF. Half the damn government was involved in a conspiracy to deny us our 2nd Amendment rights.
Yes; because the if the people are allowed weapons, they might form militia, and if the form militia they might think that evils are no longer sufferable and march against their rightful masters housed in DC.