Comments on: ATF at Work – Regional Patterns in Enforcement

By: doug in Colorado

doug in Colorado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:38:56 +0000

They’re, like, less active in the big cities on account of, y’know, there ain’t no guns in the big cities, Dude…like…it’s illegal, man…they’d be, y’know, wasting their time there, like…

By: Ron W

Ron W — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:26:28 +0000

AS Rep. Ron Paul has advocated, disband the BATFE and, as I porpose, re-assign them to the Border Patrol where they can do us some good.

By: 6Kings

6Kings — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:34:39 +0000

It is, after all, not entirely uncommon for local PDs in small towns to generally look the other way when it comes to federal gun laws. If you don�t believe me, visit south Texas one day.

Yep, and that is because federal gun laws are unconstitutional in almost every case and some people know that. Long live TEXAS!

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:15:11 +0000

That’s “if” not “of”. Sorry.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:14:37 +0000

I suppose this would seem strange of you assume that gun restrictions are for crime fighting or for safety.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:08:08 +0000

Hobbyists can be deterred from doing things the feds don’t like by convicting one of them and making it very public. After all, hobbyists who experience the “chilling effect” of a prosecution change their behavior.

The feds might not see a good cost/benefit ratio in prosecuting every “criminal with a gun” case thrown at them, because the locals are supposed to prosecute, convict, and imprison the local criminals their own selves. If the locals get free prosecution/imprisonment from the feds for criminals they could just as well prosecute themselves, we all end up paying for Philly’s criminal culture, instead of keeping the costs in-state.

Let Philly sink or swim on its own dime.

I left Baltimore for Texas, greener pastures as it were. I see no need to pay my federal income tax to house the criminals Baltimore or Philly create.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:55:09 +0000

Just tryign to see where we fit in with this since we’re more urban than rural but mostly suburban…

District City # Referrals Per Capita Rank
Cal, N San Francisco 161 2,150 81

District City #Prosecuted # Declined Percent Rank
Cal, N San Francisco 95 72 43.1 24