What is the consequence when a federal agency set to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands is instructed to back off? The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has turned ...

Now when Silencer Central submits its customers’ applications of Form 4, the ATF can quickly submit that info to the FBI. The background checks for those 71 percent of individuals often come back the ...

The reality is much more mundane: The ATF reduced paperwork and now sends background checks to the FBI in batches. Interestingly, the current slump in firearms sales has also helped approval times.

ATF Director Calls for Universal Background Checks, ... “One pillar is we have to get better — and at ATF, ... because in our constitutional form of government, when there is a law ...