Reports point to Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms suffers understaffing and inadequate funding – often brought about by legislation backed by the gun lobbyThe beleaguered federal agency charged with bringing to life much of Barack Obama’s novel roster of gun controls faces an uphill task to deliver meaningful change.
At the heart of the president’s executive action was a proposal to reinforce the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with 200 novel agents and investigators.
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Source: theguardian.com