At The Liberty Sphere: Priorities for the DOJ Without Gonzalez
In addition to the DOJ's failure to bring under control the nation's lamentable illegal alien problem, it has also failed to reign in one of the most dangerous, corrupt, and oppressive operations within the federal government, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.And for the newest twist in the ongoing saga, Red's Trading Post has found strong suggestions that the ATF is building an illegal database resulting in de facto gun registration.
Formerly known as the ATF, the BATFE, to put it bluntly, is simply not needed. It should be discontinued and buried quickly.
This wing of the Department of Justice has been the source of some of the nation's most memorable and unnecessary tragedies, such as Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidian compound.
Today, their reign of terror is being conducted against gun shop owners and gun and ammo manufacturers.
Granted, these travesties of justice did not begin with the Bush Administration. Many of the present policies were initiated under George the First and exacerbated by the Clinton Administration. The problem under George the Second has been ineptitude and the failure to correct misguided policies of the past.
