Arbitrary rule changes. Definition changes. Things that they have held as legal for years can become illegal with a change of interpretation of existing legislation.
With how political the regulation of guns is, the broad authority to easily change the rules without underlying change in the legislation results in a highly politicized agency.
Thanks I always thought ATF existed to stop gun smuggling
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lol, They actually did some smuggling themselves (look-up operation "fast and furious")
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Stupid Eric Holder
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Alcohol Tobacco Firearms
I can’t remember if they were part of fast and furious the reckless plan by Eric holder that got at least one agent killed
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