"Get The 'F' Out Of ATF" - A great article

[Bailey Guns]

I found this on GunNewsDaily.com and it's worth reposting here:

http://www.gunnewsdaily.com/index.php/contributor's-commentaries/111-get-the-qfq-out-of-batfe

Personally, I found it's pretty hard to argue with the history and logic of his argument. Wish it would come to pass...

[RRD3]

That is a really good article... thanks for posting it. [Beer]

[Ranger]

Thanks, that was a good article!

[Irving]

So far I agree with this article. I have a slight issue with this paragraph though:


The concept of gun trafficking was unheard of in those days. There were no background checks, no waiting periods, and virtually no restrictions other than on fully automatic firearms as a result of the 1934 restrictions. Firearm thefts from gun stores and homes were rare. Gun related crimes were far below anything we see today, and murder rates were as much 2 to 5 times less than today. Home invasions weren’t invented yet, neither were car hijackings. Drug use was not widespread and gang related killings were limited to occasional inner city stabbings. When people talk about the quiet 1960’s, it was going on far longer than before the sixties. The U.S. was a very low-crime country from our very beginning up until the very early 1970s with the exception of during the prohibition on alcohol early last century. During that time the murder rate spiked as criminal elements fought over control of illegal distribution of alcohol. Sound familiar?

Because it is presented in a manner that suggests that the addition of gun laws was the only change at the time, therefor, was most likely the cause of all those changes. I don't think these gun laws should exist, but at the same time, I wouldn't hold them solely responsible for today's environment.

I'll have to keep reading though, because maybe he addresses this point later on.

Over all I really liked this article. The parts I don't like, remind me of my own writing style. Had I written this article, it would have sounded exactly the same.
The most thought provoking part of the article was the budget of over $1 billion dollars with only 5,000 people. Crazy.

[Mtn.man]

Thanks,,, good read...

[MichiganMilitia]

Thanks for the great article. Definitely worth reading.

[Jer]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[theGinsue]

Very good read. Thanks.

It should make you realize how our society has sold us a dirty bill of goods which fails to deliver as promised but continues to restrict our Constitutional Rights and tax us dearly for the privledge.