Getting rid of the ATF would result in fewer guns being sent over the border, and fewer Border Patrol officers being shot. America just might be a safer place.hirundo82 wrote:Nothing that the ATF does couldn't be handled by other law enforcement agencies. Most of the things they police should constitutionally be handled by the states--gun sales, NFA items, criminal possession of firearms. Trafficking in alcohol and tobacco could be handled by the IRS (it's mostly a tax issue anyhow), and any related criminal activities could be handled fine by the DEA. Maybe send a few people over to the FBI to handle regulation of explosives.
The ATF's virtually only purpose is firearms--take that away and there is no reason for them to continue to exist.
Remember Ruby Ridge ....