Is "reform" of BATFE possible, would "reform" prove adequate?

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Like almost all situations where LE has gone rogue, the underlying problem started with the legislature, and that is where it needs to be fixed.

Amen, ilbob!

 

[cuervo]

...is that the killer used the wrong caliber ammunition

Not meaning to take the thread away from its main topic, but does anyone know what this is talking about?

I don't know much about Maks, but I do recall that there are a few that were converted to .380. Is this saying that the bullets recovered were the original 9x18 out of a .380 bbl or something like that?

In line with the original topic, my opinion is to disband. They do not provide any service that the FBI cannot handle. Or, turn them back into the tax collectors they were supposed to be and let the FBI handle the law enforcement. I do agree also the the 1934 is unconstitutional.

 

[Dan from MI]

I support reform of the F-troop.

As in abolished. Eliminate. Repeal. End. Send them home.

 

[alan]

cuervo:

Re "converting a Makerov pistol from 9 x 18mm Mak to .380 or 9mm Kurtz, (German for short), an appropriate barrel is all the parts needed. Having an arbor press to change barrels helps, but I suspect is not necessary.

ilbob:

Re your comments on BATFE and the laws under which they operate, where firearms are concerned that is, much if not all of the existing federal legislation is in fact, a poor thing. It is however, made much worse be the BATFE (ATF, those JBT's or "F" Troop) as the outfit is variously known, as they have, among other things, shown themselves, in several instances, all to ready to prostitute themselves to the passing winds of "political fashion".

Undoubetedly, there are, at "street level" some plain old fashioned "rotten apples" in the agency, with badges and guns no less, however I submit that the real problem lies in two places.

One is at the top levels of agency management. The other is in and with The Congress, which has, by virtue of failing to check the egregious antics of this agency, essentially placed it's stamp of approval on their reprehensible tactics.