[absolootezer0]

ATF... should not merely have “its powers reduced,” but instead be dismantled.

transfer all agents, weapons and resources to border patrol. let the jackboots go after illegal crossers they way they've gone after gun owners. border problem will be solved in under a month.

[ExSoldier]

transfer all agents, weapons and resources to border patrol. let the jackboots go after illegal crossers they way they've gone after gun owners. border problem will be solved in under a month.

No, actually, the border problems will grow much worse as the agents start realizing the outside tax free income potential from outsourcing their skills to the drug cartels.

There was once a proposal to fold the BATFE into the US Marshals and the chief Marshal said to that: Q: What do you get when you mix clean water with dirty water? Answer: You get DIRTY WATER, so ... I don't want them! That conversation ended pretty much the same way as agency after agency was approached (including the FBI) to accept the poor little misunderstood Jackbooted Thugs into their midst. Even other Feds know this group of fanatics are chosen for their attitudes and willingness to act in a lawless manner when it comes to the rights of citizens. This is well underscored in freeper Travis McGee's novel trilogy.