Another unsigned gun editorial
Almost qualifying as too stupid to fisk, this one blames some of the problems I mention here (i.e., 7,000 people get guns who shouldn’t and that charges were only filed in 154 of 122,000 illegal attempts to purchase arms) on Ashcroft. Apparently, Ashcroft is the patron saint of us gun extremists (their rhetoric, not mine).
However, the actual study blames these problems on:
… staff shortages, technology problems and lack of adequate timeliness standards. The review also found that agents did not consider it a priority to track down the illegal gun purchasers because they are not viewed as dangerous. “We were also told that ‘bad guys’ generally do not purchase their firearms through legitimate dealers,” the review said.
Additionally, this hysterical piece by the Atlanta Journal Constitution tries to tie guns to terrorism. Lame.
