at this rate atf might become the party organizers that some suggest. you know, atf sounds like all you need for a party; 

CNN reported over the weekend that, according to three inside sources, FBI Director Kash Patel, additionally serving as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), has outlined plans that would reposition as many as 1000 ATF agents over to the FBI. The move would diminish the number of ATF agents by over a third, signaling the possibility of reconfiguring the firearms infringement agency into a more regulatory role, like the DMV. 

To put the alleged cutback into perspective, the ATF has employed consistent numbers of agents, approximately 2600, and overall employees, more than 5000, for quite a number of years. While there is no indication of support staff cuts, an agent reduction of this magnitude is relatively substantial. 

Pro-Second Amendment groups are predictably rejoicing in the possibilities, as law-abiding citizens have lived under the tyrannical thumb of the ATF for years, from the agency’s targeting of gun owners and endless attempts to criminalize Constitutionally protected activities to the arbitrary and prohibitive nature of NFA form filing and wait times. While we’re trimming the fat and loading up the cutting room floor, the administration should retask Form 4 background checks and tax stamp processing to dealers who already use the FBI’s NICS system daily, allowing those approved purchases on the spot and alleviating the need for the entire NFA branch. ...........more.........