Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
IMO, the ATF is an arbitrary agency that has no useful purpose anymore, if they ever did in the first place.Some claim the central state is a necessary evil.
They are half right.
It isn't necessary.
The Waco Massacre was simply because of the Ruby Ridge fiasco, and the ATF was fearful that they might be disbanded because of it. So they needed a "win" in the court of public opinion to save their agency. Several of the bad actors at Ruby Ridge were also at Waco.
After the Waco fiasco, that entire agency whould have been disbanded and everyone in the agency that was involved should have been fired, and many should have been prosecuted. I suspect Janet Reno was instrumental in protecting the agents involved at Waco.