Serious question.
What is the point of the ATF now? I mean, they are letting violent recidivist criminals out of prison to commit crimes again and again using guns. Known criminals were caught on camera selling guns out of the trunks of their car in Portland.
Yet I al supposed to worry about a “final rule”?
The foremost purpose of a bureaucracy is the survival of the bureaucracy.
The purpose of the ATF is to keep the ATF going.
Why do we keep spending 1.4 billion dollars a year on the 5,000+ employees at the ATF?
Mostly, to preserve the illusion that Federal control over gun transactions is useful and serves some purpose for the common good.
It is hard to argue this with a straight face.