considering congress doesn t confirm the director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms in six years, the agency that works most closely with state and local law enforcement to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals, i suggest that they make this a priority early in the year. even if the senate eventually does confirm president obama s pick for atf director, the director will be unable to do that job effectively. according to today s new york times, the bureau is prohibited from creating a federal registry of gun transactions when law enforcement officers recover a gun and serial number, workers at the bureau s national tracing center begin making their way through a series of phone calls asking the first manufacturer, then the wholesaler, and finally the dealer to search their files
considering congress doesn t confirm the director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms in six years, the agency that works most closely with state and local law enforcement to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals, i suggest that they make this a priority early in the year. even if the senate eventually does confirm president obama s pick for atf director, the director will be unable to do that job effectively. according to today s new york times, the bureau is prohibited from creating a federal registry of gun transactions when law enforcement officers recover a gun and serial number, workers at the bureau s national tracing center begin making their way through a series of phone calls asking the first manufacturer,