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Larry Craig Blocks Bush Pick for ATF Chief | 8 comments (8 topical)

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You Guys Believe Crapo and Craig (Repost)? (none / 0) (#8)
by BDB on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 12:30:06 PM EST
Sorry, Jeralyn, I didn't mean to create any problems.  Here's an attempt to repost, using the link buttons, but it's going to be different because I don't entirely remember my last post.  Heh.

The issue of ATF law enforcement is different from what Crapo and Craig are talking about.  The Colorado office is separate from the hold on Sullivan's nomination.  What Craig and Crapo are objecting to is ATF enforcing regulations against dealers who are violating them.  I have no opinion on whether Sullivan would be a good or bad ATF Director.  I care much more about the larger issue of effective government regulation.

Contrary to what the 2nd Amendment folks say, it appears that ATF revokes fewer than 100 gun licenses each year and inspects only 4000 of the 105,000 dealers. See here.  And a lot of these guys do not seem like good guys.  See here and here.

This isn't about the drug war.  It's about weakening yet another federal regulatory agency.  Or if you want to make it about the drug war, it's about Republican values that hold minority and poor kids accountable for what they do, but lets gun dealers and others (mine owners, bankers, contractors) off the hook because they are "businessmen."  

Crap(O) (none / 0) (#9)
by BDB on Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 12:33:49 PM EST
I just realized that I made several of these same points in posts that weren't deleted.  Clearly, I need more caffeine this morning.

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