ATF under fresh Hill scrutiny in the wake of mass shootings

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WASHINGTON — A congressional committee is sharpening their scrutiny of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, questioning the agency’s oversight of gun dealers who sell firearms involved in a large number of crimes.

The inquiry, which comes after back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, has been welcomed by gun rights activists who have been raising questions about the ATF’s ability to do its job amid congressional restrictions that have hamstrung the agency.

In a letter sent Friday, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asked the agency for a series of documents to “better understand enforcement efforts” of gun dealers that sell a large number of guns that are used in crimes.

The committee is asking for the top five gun dealers of each state that are responsible for the sale of guns recovered in crimes from January 1, 2014 to August 22, 2019 and the relevant information of each purchase, including the name and location of the dealer, the number of guns sold by each dealer involved in crimes and the number of homicides or assaults committed with the guns.

“The Committee is gravely concerned that current law enforcement efforts are not adequately addressing this crisis,” Cummings wrote. “This investigation will inform Congress’s ability to make changes in federal law that saves lives.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/atf-under-fresh-hill-scrutiny-in-the-wake-of-mass-shootings/ar-AAFCs4L?li=BBnbfcL

They're like Trump's EPA, lap dogs to the industries they're supposed to regulate.

[Straw Man]

1. I think you'll find ...

... that the dealers who sold the largest number of guns that were later used in crimes are also the dealers who sold the largest number of guns, period. This is not conclusive evidence of any improper practices. Raw numbers in this case are meaningless. A better indicator would be the percentage of guns sold by a particular retailer that were later used in crimes.

It would also be important to determine if those crimes were perpetrated by the original purchaser or a friend/relative of the original purchaser. If the gun was stolen, its retail origin is irrelevant.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. The ATF does

deserve criticism. Me,not a Gunner,own a shot gun and a Antique .22 from the late 1800's. Last time I messed with them,was to clean and oil them up and put them back into my Brothers Collectable Storage Cabinets.. And that was four years ago.

Went to five estate Auctions that month,and attended three Gun shows. In every case,anyone who had the cash could buy some heavy duty Weaponry without any background checks. If you got the Coin,you got the Toy. Parking lots in small towns are the magic kingdom for selling any damn toy you want.