Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is kicking off the New Year with a bang.
Today, she introduced a bill into Congress that would abolish the ATF — officially known as the Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives.
Boebert accused the ATF of “overreaching” and infringing on the American people’s Second Amendment rights.
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🚨 NEW: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has filed legislation to abolish the ATF.
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Boebert railed against the ATF in the last Congress, saying the agency goes way too far in "rulemaking" authorities.
"We don't trust the ATF because of their overreaching… pic.twitter.com/SQcjxOlolh
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 6, 2025
🚨 JUST IN: Rep. Lauren Boebert files legislation that will abolish the ATF. The ATF is corrupt 👏
"We do not trust the ATF because of their overreaching actions”
THIS IS A HUGE WIN
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) January 6, 2025
Rep. Boebert also called for the ATF to be abolished in a post on X:
The time has come.
ABOLISH THE ATF! https://t.co/f24PS0DwSA
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 6, 2025
Raw Story has the scoop:
A firebrand Colorado Republican has introduced legislation to end part of the federal government that regulates guns, explosives, and booze and oversees arson probes.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, fresh off her victory in a new district in northern Colorado, proposed Friday H.R. 129, which would “abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.”
Despite a GOP trifecta, the bill has just a 4 percent chance of making it out of committee and a minuscule 2 percent chance of being enacted, according to GovTrack.
What do you think?
Do you back this idea?
Opinions are mixed online:
Get rid of the ATF. According to The Constitution all gun laws are illegal, and yes it’s that simple.
— Mod98Ban (@421Driveline) January 7, 2025
No one is going to like this but the ATF needs to be kept. If it goes away, the responsibility will be shifted to a more corrupt, say, FBI. The atf has a fraction of the agents the FBI has. The FBI has more resources and agents with which to harass owners and dealers (1/2)
— John.AlterEgo (@john_alterego) January 7, 2025
Who in their right mind thought it made sense to lump Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms under the same regulatory agency? These are completely unrelated things, aside from the fact that they can all potentially be misused with deadly consequences. It’s like saying we should have one…
— Ismaine Ayouaz (@IsmaineAyouaz) January 6, 2025
Absolutely not! We need law enforcement agencies that go after criminals!
All the agencies you want to target, you pick one that actually provides value?
What was she smoking today?
— 🔥 CEO Branding Expert (@Ceo_Branding) January 6, 2025
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