[xsrdx]

The ATF is not doing their job

I don't disagree, but nobody really wants a bigger or more intrusive ATF.

The "fiction" I was referring to is the articles implication that gun manufacturers have some knowledge of, or control over what FFL dealers and distributors do with the guns they buy.

Individuals are responsible for the guns on the black market - not dealers, not gun shows, and not manufacturers.

[meatloaf]

I don't have a problem with the ATF doing their job inspecting FFLs. I think that would make a difference in how many firearms are diverted from legal channels into the black market.

I don't think that's a job the ATF finds real exciting. Examining millions of forms each year at dealers doesn't get the ATF the front page publicity for the congressional show and tells at budget time.