Former ATF agents say a new Biden administration rule to restrict certain gun sales will be near impossible to enforce consistently — and some worry it’s another instance of their agency being used for politics.
“You get marching orders from on high,” a retired special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told NOTUS. “‘Hey, we’re going to be concentrating on this type of crime because that’s what the administration wants.’”
“We are used politically at times,” he added. “For sure.”