Today 11:34 am
To do away with BATFE, you would need to do away with the National Firearms Act. I'm all for this. Machine guns silencers, etc. should be treated like ordinary guns. Easy to purchase for adult citizens who are not violent convicted felons.PhiloBeddo » Today, 11:15 am » wrote: ↑ Why do we even need an ATF? Alcohol, Tobacco and firearms are LEGAL. If anyone commits a crime with any of these things, the FBI can arrest them. Do away with the ATF.
Also, tobacco is not really what it was in the past. Alcohol should be regulated on a state-by-state basis. And, explosives can also be regulated and controlled by individual states.
The main thing BATFE does is administer the National Firearms Act and subsequent laws restricting our gun rights. It is an agency set up specifically to violate the 2nd Amendment - infringe on gun rights of "the people".