Gun Policy News
Transfer of ATF Has Many Worried
12 January 2003
Palm Beach Post (Florida)
WASHINGTON — A government plan to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the Department of Justice has both sides of the gun debate worried.
Some gun owners, already skeptical of the Bush administration's efforts to monitor the activity of citizens, fear that the change could increase surveillance and make big government even bigger.
Meanwhile, proponents of gun control are concerned that Attorney General John Ashcroft's support of gun rights will... (GunPolicy.org)