Posted on 03/05/2015 3:30:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) has reintroduced legislation to do away with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Sensenbrenner, a senior Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said the policies under ATF's jurisdiction could be easily incorporated into other agencies. Moreover, he argued, the ATF has become embroiled in too many controversies in recent years, like the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation.
The ATF has drawn the ire of Republican lawmakers for its proposed ban on an armor-piercing bullet used in AR-15 rifles. Republicans say that hunters frequently use the bullets. The bureau says it initiated the regulation to help protect law enforcement officers from bullets that can pierce armored vests.
Sensenbrenner's bill would transfer the ATF's functions related to guns, explosives and violent crime to the FBI. Meanwhile, responsibilities regarding alcohol and tobacco laws would fall under the Drug Enforcement Administration's jurisdiction.
The ATF director would have 180 days, or about six months, to submit a plan to Congress on how to wind down the agency.
Dissolving the ATF hasn't always been a priority for just Republicans, who generally oppose gun restrictions. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, previously introduced a bill in 1993 to turn over the ATF's duties to other parts of the Justice Department.
That is a big 10-4 in my book.
ATF is not the problem. It’s the current occupant of the Oval Office who is the problem. and we’re stuck with it for a while.
Fire them Danno.
But, to what problem is ATF the solution? Prohibition?
Works for me. Burn the buildings and salt the earth.
ATF should be a convenience store, not a Gov agency!!
But the ATF can be so useful, so readily moulded and aimed to serve the anti-Second Amendment desires of a Chief Executive so inclined.
It’s a start in the right direction.
Like Waco. Like the Reese family.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)
I like my congressman.
Dateline April 2015:
ATF sunset law opposed by Democrats - Boner Caves
There! That’s all we need to know. No BREAKING NEWS, no breathless reports of Call Yer Congressman Right Now! or any other red herrings from these frauds.
We all know that The Great Black Father in the White Hut will call down to his little boy at the “capitol” and tell him to quit it.
Johnny will immediately comply.
We need to abolish it and NOT replace it with anything else.
AND the people need to not be transferred, maybe become parking control people for cities.
I believe you’re in Michigan, why would Conyers have sponsored something like this before?
...as will any garden-variety .30-30 bullet from a Winchester lever-action. Such ammunition is routinely sold at your neighborhood Wal-Mart.
About time.
If the bill passes they will offer buy-outs for those near retirement. The rest will go hither & yon in the DHS.
Savings will be nil. But I still like the bill, ATF is a obsolete bureau.
ATF has always been a tool for the gun grabbers.
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