Let’s end gun safety hypocrisy

[gejohnston]

6. We did

Quick history lesson. The ATF was part of the Misc. Tax Unit in the IRS. It was the unit the IRS used as a dumping ground for various undesirables because it was easier than firing them. This is where the racists, sexists, power freaks, went until they quit or retired. In 1972, Nixon gave them guns and arrest powers and made these people the initial cadre of ATF. A few decades later, they were management and the corporate culture of EEO complaints, civil rights abuses, and good old fashioned incompetence took hold. Granted, there are a lot of professional and decent officers there, but the stench is still there. the civil rights abuses is what led to the blow back and the 1986 amendment to the Gun Control Act.

Even if the ATF does their job, we still have the problem of US attorneys not doing theirs. Why have federal gun crime prosecutions dropped, especially in the Chicago area, over the past five years?