Article: BATF&E Dir. Says they need more staff to trace crime guns since there is no registry.

[Button Pusher]

ATF director Steven Dettelbach says "we have to work within that system" since there is no federal gun registry

The ATF is prohibited by federal law from creating a centralized database of registered gun owners.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Amps 13]

Go pound sand

 

[ronn47]

Delete all the rules not supported and identified in the Constitution and you'll have plenty of people to chase the moon shiners and cigarette thieves.

 

[Dale Gribble]

Shouldn’t be too hard to trace the ones possessed by the cartels south of the border, since we facilitated it.

 

[Walkabout Dan]

Registry is the first step to confiscating on the road to dictatorship.

 

[Climberman]

Maybe if they would keep criminals in prison, they would realize most crime is repeat offenders and it is independent of the guns.

 

[WeepingAngel]

Maybe if they would keep criminals in prison, they would realize most crime is repeat offenders and it is independent of the guns.

Pretty sure they already know that. There's a difference between stupidity and evil.

 

[ES44AC]

Maybe if they would keep criminals in prison, they would realize most crime is repeat offenders and it is independent of the guns.

They dismiss most gun charges that real violent criminals get.

The gun charges are saved for hard working taxpayers, so those liberal judges can ruin their lives.

 

[Climberman]

I am aware but it was worth saying again.

 

[amyracecar]

With the advent of 3D printed firearms, milling machines and CAD files, this whole gun registration thing is complete bs.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

"For what we call a normal trace, right now we're running at about an eight-day lag."

That's funny, because an FFL can lose their license if they don't complete trace requests by the next day, right?

So even with all the information you can ask for in your hands by the next day, you're claiming you still can't figure things out.

sounds to me like you're just a bunch of anti-2a morons rather than too small of an agency.

so why not just go ahead and bale up a role of 30grit in barb wire and jam it on up where the sun don't shine?

 

[GymB]

I don’t see the benefit of tracing most guns anyway, so they could just stop.

 

[Pack72]

Dettelbach said that as the the only federal law enforcement agency to solely deal with violent crime, "if you're really concerned about violent crime in the United States, this agency is way, way, way too small" with 5,000 people total.

Maybe instead of trying to trace guns he should concentrate on the hands that point the guns and the fingers that pull the triggers. And not ask us to give up more rights just to make his job easier.

 

[Hammer12b]

They need more people so they can facilitate a registry. Legal or not, don’t think for one second that they’re not doing it. We are ALL on a list somewhere.

 

[chiefjason]

Whining about having to do your job. Then acting like I would be safer if I give up some of my rights to make your job easier. No. Cry me a river.

 

[Grits]

Fights violent crime. Then why the hell is Chicago still the drive by capitol of the world? The ATF focus is all wrong. Go after the thugs instead of the fudds.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

Fights violent crime. Then why the hell is Chicago still the drive by capitol of the world? The ATF focus is all wrong. Go after the thugs instead of the fudds.

racist
(read that with sarcasm plz)

 

[Button Pusher]

Dettelbach said that as the the only federal law enforcement agency to solely deal with violent crime, "if you're really concerned about violent crime in the United States, this agency is way, way, way too small" with 5,000 people total.

Maybe instead of trying to trace guns he should concentrate on the hands that point the guns and the fingers that pull the triggers. And not ask us to give up more rights just to make his job easier.

I guess he has never heard of the FBI.