By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Even if the government decided to take away people’s guns, the ATF is so understaffed that it would be unable to follow through.
“Look, we don’t have the people,” Corey Ray, an ATF spokesman told Mother Jones. “Even if we were like, ‘Yeah, we’re coming to take your guns,’ 30 years from now you might get a knock on your door.”
The ATF said the lack of manpower is the result of the NRA’s powerful influence over Congress.
“Look, we don’t have the people,” Corey Ray, an ATF spokesman told Mother Jones. “Even if we were like, ‘Yeah, we’re coming to take your guns,’ 30 years from now you might get a knock on your door.”
The ATF estimates that there are more guns than people in the U.S., and an additional 10 million new guns are manufactured every year.
To put that into perspective, the ATF has 2,600 special agents.
