Elon Musk may be out of the picture, but the department of government performance is still around and is deployed to terrorize public servants at agencies through the federal government. The latest target: the office of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, where Doge will be tasked with decreasing guns, According to The Washington Post.
Doge personnel (those who remain, at least see as high-profile figures as large balls exposed from the operation) are said to be sent in the ATF with the aim of cutting or reviewing 47 gun regulations. That goal is apparently a reference to Trump to be the 47th president of the United States, however The Washington Post reported that they will probably blow beyond that figure and change more than 50 existing rules. No respect for regulations or symbolism. They also received a deadline to do this by July 4, as nothing would be a better gift to America for her birthday than easier access to guns.
Only from a process point of view, it is always good to start with an arbitrary number and go to try to make cuts just to meet that quota instead of because something actually needs to change. This is just intelligent rule, extremely effective things.
About what are those regulations that will be changed is difficult to say. The poster noted that the agency complies with hundreds of rules that help dictate the way guns are purchased, sold and used in the country. The report has floated the possibility that Doge may change the rules on what types of guns can be imported and make authorization fees to repay.
The Pseudo Agency will also make changes to the ordered 4473 form, which gun buyers must fill during a gun purchase, and vendors must keep in their records to help track guns. The plan is to cut the shape of seven pages to three. How will they do that? Asking fewer questions from the buyer of guns. By the postQuestions that are currently separate, who ask things like whether a person has been committed to a mental institution were dishonored by the military, or used illegal drugs, all will simply put together in a single “yes” or “no” question of whether a person has legally allowed to own a gun.
While Doge is triggered on the ATF rule book, the Trump administration has chopped the agency’s size and purpose. The Department of Justice recently announced Plans to cut the number of inspectors on its staff by two -thirds, significantly reducing the agency’s ability to investigate companies that sell guns to criminals. That does not go up to other Republicans who have introduced legislation abolish the agency altogether.
The constitution still says “well regulated” in the second amendment, right? Or can Doge cut that line?
