GOP PUSH TO SHUTTER ‘SCANDAL-RIDDEN’ ATF
CHERYL CHUMLEY
WND.com
3/9/2015
Members of the Republican Party angry with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over a proposed bullet ban now say the heck with it – the agency is so “scandal-ridden,” power-hungry and out-of-control it ought to be closed.
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced legislation just recently to abolish the agency and transfer its duties, in part, to the FBI.
“The ATF is a scandal-ridden, largely duplicative agency that lacks a clear mission,” he said, The Hill reported. “Its ‘Framework’ is an affront to the Second Amendment and yet another reason why Congress should pass the ATF Elimination Act.”
Sensenbrenner’s measure comes on the heels of an ATF try to ban the manufacture and sale of 5.56 mm projectiles for M855 cartridges, effectively stopping owners of AR-15 rifles from firing once they exhaust their existing stocks of ammunition. The proposal was condemned as a back-door gun control measure by Second Amendment activists and certain members in Congress.
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte from Virginia and 200 other lawmakers wrote to ATF director B. Todd Jones just a few days ago demanding the agency “abandon” the idea, The Hill reported.
“Under no circumstances should ATF adopt a standard that will ban ammunition that is overwhelmingly used by law-abiding Americans for legitimate purposes,” the letter statement.
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