Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has joined Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) in introducing legislation to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the latest in a series of attempts by Republicans to abolish the agency.
“I cannot imagine under any circumstance or administration where the ATF serves as an ally to the Second Amendment and law-abiding firearm owners across America,” Boebert said in a Jan. 8 statement on the one-page bill. “The ATF should be abolished before they eventually abolish our Second Amendment.”
Burlison, who was first elected in 2022 to represent his heavily Republican district of southwestern Missouri, described the agency as “emblematic of the deep-state bureaucracy that believes it can infringe on constitutional liberties without consequence.”…