Sorry Chris, not the storyline for this but pretty critical; has anyone seen mention by DT (or, ideally by Elon and Vivek in their anticipated new roles) as to plans going forward for the operation and administration of ATF?
They need to turn it into a chain of convenience stores. Unlike the government takeover of the Mustang Ranch (how in the heck can you go bankrupt running a legal brothel in Nevada?) I’m sure Elon and Vivek could have your new and improved local emporium for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives turning a tidy profit and paying down the Federal debt in no time.
Heck, give a franchise to Ol’ Bob, the .22 cal. Magnate near the Double D, and it would be a finely tuned machine to print money.
Yes the old c-store joke; ironically my pawn and gun store was located in the same building with the local Texaco station and store for many years; our take on the joke then was that we embodied it; they handled the A and the T, and I took care of the F…
Serious questions about the role of the agency going forward though as they are in the midst of a major expansion and power grab right now, want to see them reduced to a stripped down shell with a skeleton crew.
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 am
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Yeah, let’s get rid of the
Bureau About To Fuck Everybody!
Put Ted Nugent in charge and, aside from moral objections, everyone would be required to own a machine gun. 🙂
1. End BATFET. Strictly speaking, it’s a violation of federal law for a law-enforcement agency to also be a revenue (tax collecting) agency, anyway. Beyond that, its recruiting requirements are basically that the agent believe in the Holy Mission of frightening law-abiding citizens into not owning guns. LEO and regulatory agencies should not have Holy Missions, period.
2. Hand control of interstate commerce in firearms to the Interstate Commerce Commission, ICC, which is where it belongs in the first place. Ditto commerce in alcohol and tobacco.
3. The explosives part (yes, that’s why there’s an “E” there) should be handed to OSHA and CPSC. They’re better qualified to handle it, anyway.
4. Interstate law enforcement should be the province of the United States Marshals. Period. Dot. That’s why they were created (by George Washington!) to begin with.
5. FBI should be stripped of most enforcement powers and confined to the investigative function. I’m not even sure they should even be allowed to carry guns. Making it a sort of “super police agency” was one of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and FDR’s bigger mistakes.
6. Agents of BATFET, FBI, etc should for the most part be given early retirement- mandatory. The BATFET agents should also be prohibited from ever serving in any law enforcement capacity, anywhere in the United States, for life, as they have proven to be too unstable to be trusted. If they want to carry a gun, they should have to do it under the statutes of whatever state they live in, just like anybody else.
7. DEA should be abolished, under the same conditions as BATFET. They’ve done more to make illegal drugs a plague than any dozen Mexican cartels. Until we accept that the only way to reduce the drug trade is to make life Hell for the rich, well-connected, trendy types who are the cash cows that make it profitable, the problem will never end. The dime bag dealer on the corner selling to the gang-bangers isn’t the problem; it’s the guy in the Lexus, in the bespoke suit, with the hottie in Georges Hobeika on his arm, who want their “party drugs” that keep the drug trade perking along. Until you make getting high too expensive for them, as in “Go to jail, go directly to jail”, you’re never going to get anywhere.
(Yes, in case you haven’t guessed, I’ve worked with most of the “agencies” at one time or another. Dralm save me from ever having to do it again.)
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Sorry Chris, not the storyline for this but pretty critical; has anyone seen mention by DT (or, ideally by Elon and Vivek in their anticipated new roles) as to plans going forward for the operation and administration of ATF?
JTC,
They need to turn it into a chain of convenience stores. Unlike the government takeover of the Mustang Ranch (how in the heck can you go bankrupt running a legal brothel in Nevada?) I’m sure Elon and Vivek could have your new and improved local emporium for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives turning a tidy profit and paying down the Federal debt in no time.
Heck, give a franchise to Ol’ Bob, the .22 cal. Magnate near the Double D, and it would be a finely tuned machine to print money.
Yes the old c-store joke; ironically my pawn and gun store was located in the same building with the local Texaco station and store for many years; our take on the joke then was that we embodied it; they handled the A and the T, and I took care of the F…
Serious questions about the role of the agency going forward though as they are in the midst of a major expansion and power grab right now, want to see them reduced to a stripped down shell with a skeleton crew.
Yeah, let’s get rid of the
Bureau About To Fuck Everybody!
Put Ted Nugent in charge and, aside from moral objections, everyone would be required to own a machine gun. 🙂
“Enjoy the show” – Q
I would take a wrecking ball to DoJ as it is.
1. End BATFET. Strictly speaking, it’s a violation of federal law for a law-enforcement agency to also be a revenue (tax collecting) agency, anyway. Beyond that, its recruiting requirements are basically that the agent believe in the Holy Mission of frightening law-abiding citizens into not owning guns. LEO and regulatory agencies should not have Holy Missions, period.
2. Hand control of interstate commerce in firearms to the Interstate Commerce Commission, ICC, which is where it belongs in the first place. Ditto commerce in alcohol and tobacco.
3. The explosives part (yes, that’s why there’s an “E” there) should be handed to OSHA and CPSC. They’re better qualified to handle it, anyway.
4. Interstate law enforcement should be the province of the United States Marshals. Period. Dot. That’s why they were created (by George Washington!) to begin with.
5. FBI should be stripped of most enforcement powers and confined to the investigative function. I’m not even sure they should even be allowed to carry guns. Making it a sort of “super police agency” was one of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and FDR’s bigger mistakes.
6. Agents of BATFET, FBI, etc should for the most part be given early retirement- mandatory. The BATFET agents should also be prohibited from ever serving in any law enforcement capacity, anywhere in the United States, for life, as they have proven to be too unstable to be trusted. If they want to carry a gun, they should have to do it under the statutes of whatever state they live in, just like anybody else.
7. DEA should be abolished, under the same conditions as BATFET. They’ve done more to make illegal drugs a plague than any dozen Mexican cartels. Until we accept that the only way to reduce the drug trade is to make life Hell for the rich, well-connected, trendy types who are the cash cows that make it profitable, the problem will never end. The dime bag dealer on the corner selling to the gang-bangers isn’t the problem; it’s the guy in the Lexus, in the bespoke suit, with the hottie in Georges Hobeika on his arm, who want their “party drugs” that keep the drug trade perking along. Until you make getting high too expensive for them, as in “Go to jail, go directly to jail”, you’re never going to get anywhere.
(Yes, in case you haven’t guessed, I’ve worked with most of the “agencies” at one time or another. Dralm save me from ever having to do it again.)
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