Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Following the mass shooting in a Connecticut elementary school, attention has shifted to the ATF, the federal agency responsible for regulating the gun industry.
A Washington Post investigation found that ATF is inadequately resourced and so beleaguered that it hasn’t had a director in years.
Sources said the gun industry, particularly the NRA, has blocked resources from the ATF, preventing the agency from accessing computerized records of gun sales, for instance.
Despite the growth of the industry, ATF has fewer officers now than it did nearly 40 years ago, the Post found.
