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Goodbye ATF? GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Abolish the Bureau

 

Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Eric Burlison (R-MO) recently introduced a bill to abolish the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). They argue that the agency has been used to violate the Second Amendment.

Thelawmakersstatedthattheobjectiveofthemeasureisto“safeguardAmericans’SecondAmendmentrightsandprotectlaw-abidinggunownersfromtherelentlessbureaucraticoverreachoftheBureauofAlcohol,Tobacco,andFirearms”. Rep.Burlisonarguedthattheagency“isemblematicofthedeep-statebureaucracythatbelievesitcaninfringeonconstitutionallibertieswithoutconsequence”and“IfthisagencycannotupholditsdutytoservethepeoplewithintheframeworkoftheConstitution,ithasnoplaceinourgovernment.” Boebertsaidshe“cannotimagineunderanycircumstanceoradministrationwheretheATFservesasanallytotheSecondAmendmentandlaw-abidingfirearmownersacrossAmerica.” ThepressreleasealsomentionstheATF’shistoryofabuseagainstAmericancitizens,referringtothemassacreatWaco,itsactionsatRubyRidge,andOperationFastandFurious. Burlisonhasalso