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navy-vet
09-17-2014, 02:55 PM
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/bill-eliminating-atf-introduced-in-wake-of-botched-operations-b99352690z1-275464651.html

I recall hearing several years ago after the Ruby Ridge incident, that this disbandment idea had been suggested many times throughout the past, from several admins, and that it always ended when other department heads made it clear that they would not willingly accept the employees from the BATF because of their "low performance" and "questionable character", and the gov can't lay them off because of the union, so they have kept them.
Don't know if it that is true and will see if I can find a link.

navy-vet
09-17-2014, 03:28 PM
The "untouchables", Eliott Ness prohibition enforcer, was apparently the agencies beginning. They, like the DEA, have been given a great deal of authority and autonomy. This has created a bureaucracy which could be compared to an "American Gestapo".
They have been the center of numerous scandals and alleged injustices. Some like Ruby Ridge have resulted in huge cash settlements. There are those who have alleged that they are the ones who are behind the Sandy Hook incident....
Apparently they are still "untouchable". Could this and the DEA be the kind of federal police authority that the founders warned us about?

William Tell
09-17-2014, 03:30 PM
Yeah, they are freaks:mad:

Pericles
09-17-2014, 05:12 PM
In 1981, the Reagan administration announced that the ATF would be disbanded, its firearms-enforcement activities curtailed and transferred to other agencies. With no constituency among the public and virtually friendless on Capitol Hill, the ATF appeared doomed. Bizarrely enough, it was rescued at the 11th hour by the NRA after the organization discovered that firearms enforcement would be shifted to the Secret Service. Clearly, it was far better to have a cowed ATF to kick around than to risk crossing swords with the well-respected lawmen who protect the president.

http://www.vpc.org/Studies/cfatf.htm

FindLiberty
09-17-2014, 06:25 PM
Step #1, make the batfe register all their weapons...
Step #2, CONFISCATE
Step #3, disband