Didn’t they try this with prohibition? How well did that work out for them?
When they ended Prohibition they created thousands of federal revenue agents with nothing to do, so when the National Firearms Act of 1934 went into effect they added "firearms" to their oversight duties.
They learned their lesson that time. Never let the law get in the way of federal employees getting their paychecks.
“Didn’t they try this with prohibition? How well did that work out for them?”
Last time, they didn’t have a Department of Homeland Security with a billion-bullet arsenal behind them.
This time, things will be different...