Through the U.S. Department of Justice, the Biden Administration has weaponized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), turning it into an agency constantly battling against America’s lawful gun owners and closely regulated gun retailers. In fact, during the past four years, Biden’s ATF has published several final rules, making laws when its real purpose is enforcing them.
That hasn’t set well with many Republicans in Congress. And now that the Republicans have retained the House majority, retaken the Senate and won the presidency with former President Donald Trump’s recent victory, one pro-gun lawmaker is ready to do something about the ongoing “problem” with the ATF.
Last week, Republican U.S. Rep. Eric Burleson of Missouri announced that he would soon be introducing legislation to abolish the ATF—a move that many American gun owners have been seeking for years. The new legislation will mirror the “Abolish the ATF Act” filed last year, which sought to eliminate the federal agency over concerns that its rulemaking related to firearms amounts to “big government overreach.”
“In January, I will be filing the bill that Matt Gaetz sponsored to abolish the ATF,” Burleson said in a video posted on X. “Why? Because we’re fighting for you.
“The ATF has been a disaster for the American people and our God-given Second Amendment rights. It should absolutely be abolished.”
In the bill introduced last year, which the new measure is expected to be nearly identical, simply stated: “The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is hereby abolished.” It was assigned to the House Committee on the Judiciary but received no further action.
In response to the announced legislation, ATF sent out a statement that did not address any of the actions that Burleson and others have mentioned as the measure’s impetus.
“ATF provides enormous benefits to the American public through all of its efforts fighting violent crime every day,” ATF spokesperson Kristina Mastropasqua said in a statement emailed to Fox News.
Co-sponsors of the measure include Republican Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Mike Collins of Georgia, Bob Good of Virginia, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Mary Miller of Illinois, Cory Mills of Florida and Barry Moore of Alabama.
Over the past several months, U.S. House Republicans have taken a number of actions designed to overturn overreach by the DOJ and ATF during President Biden’s tenure. In October, a House committee subpoenaed the ATF and White House over collusion with anti-gun organizations, and in September, the House Judiciary Committee passed a joint resolution that would overturn the ATF’s ruling redefining who is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms.
How about a trade? The Left can defund the DoD. And the Right can defund the FBI, ATF, DoI and the DoE.
Also fire the remaining 2 million federal government employees. Then maybe hire contractors with a 2 or 3 year time limit. And they can’t be rehired for at least one year.
The left doesn’t want to refund the DoD. They’re all in on MIC warhawk shenanigans. Sure, they want an armed forces made up of imported third worlders running on hormone blockers and party drugs to do the fighting but they still want the fighting done. Basically Charles Taylor in America.
“armed forces made up of imported third worlders running on hormone blockers and party drugs to do the fighting”……I could get onboard with this. Send them to ____________and let them charge the defenses of __________ until they are gone. The warhawks get their action and we get rid of much of our problem, win-win!
We have enough nukes to destroy the planet 5 times over. Time to be realistic about budgets.
Slash the DoD budget about 80% and announce to the world that the conventional units of our Army, Navy & Air Force will only be used for our own coastal and border defense. No More World’s Cop.
And, announce that any attacks against the US anywhere will be responded to by our nuclear forces only. Be Warned. Think of all the money we will save. Might avoid the looming bankruptcy.
“ ‘ATF provides enormous benefits to the American public through all of its efforts fighting violent crime every day,’ ATF spokesperson Kristina Mastropasqua said in a statement emailed to Fox News.”
Someone get a shovel and scoop that stuff up so Kristina doesn’t slip and fall on the Bull S**t
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The raison d’etre for the ATF is to infringe.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should return to a local general store.
How about introducing a bill to repeal the 1968 Gun Control Act , the 1934 National Firearms Act, the 2002 Safer Communities Act, the 1986 gun owners protection act and it’s Hughes Amendment?
Here’s how to abolish the ATF:
Move the ATF non-management Special Agents into the USMS and fire most if not all of the Washington DC senior management and policy people.
Merge what’s left of the ATF lab into the FBI (the Bureau already took over most of the high end investigations anyway). The FBI already does firearm tracing.
Move the inspectors back to the Treasury (their previous department) and allow them to ONLY inspect and confirm that dealer documentation adheres to published regulations.
The USMS will continue to do fugitive investigations, but add illegal firearm use/trafficking and violent gangs. It’s going to be mostly street-level investigations, which is where the USMS excels.
The killing/murder of Bryan Malinowski in North Little Rock Arkansas is reason enough to abolish the ATF and hold the agents and their superiors accountable. POTG shoot someone breaking in their home and the enforcement people + D As will stoop to new lows to prosecute the home owner. The very definition of forked tongue speech and hypocrisy.
ATF, et al, do as they please while ignoring ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ and illustrate clearly that the good American citizens be damned.
How do we handle the previous role of the FFL, licensing, and manufacture of firearms, ammunition, explosives, etc? The GCA of ’68 is one specific issue, much less the continued ban on manufacture of publicaly available full auto.
There are hurdles there that will cost political capital, our enemies will be notably resistant to change and along with many other announced changes – such as the complete elimination of the IRS – there’s going to be some recalcitrants – RINO’s will be specially manipulated by their handlers as a last ditch grasp on power.
The lines of resistance by the deep State are already forming and it will get spicy.
I’m behind this 100%.
ATF Is In Trouble!!
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The Bill to Abolish the ATF.
“Here we go again, another bill to abolish the ATF. I know that you all get very excited anytime some piece of legislation is introduced that attempts this, but Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses what are the chances that this actually happens. Because all the bills in the world won’t change a thing unless one of them becomes a law.”
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