Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Ambition, Turning Down Heat Seen as Motivators behind ATF Proposals on Guns

Savage agrees that such incentives, including the potential for the top spot at BATFE, could be factors. Another potential explanation is one of organizational pragmatism. [More]
One thing's for sure -- they're not doing this because the believe the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.  And it looks like our FOIA may just be a catalyst for some change.

1 comment:

Longbow said...

"Congress passed the NFA to limit the availability..."

Jeepers, it wasn't to raise revenue at all? You mean they passed a prohibition in the guise of a tax law, which raised virtually NO REVENUE?

Well, shucks! I thought it was settled case law that a tax measure which is so burdensome that it inhibits commerce and thus raises no revenue, is really a prohibition, and thus null and void.

Hey! Ya reckon those "shucks by golly really good guys" in ATF just don't know?