Boston ATF Chief Guy Thomas Pimps for Increased Funding

The Washington Post’s recent expose on “crime guns” argued that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and Really Big Fires) was underfunded, understaffed and underachieving. Actually, I added that last bit. Here’s what the paper wrote: “The agency still has about the same number of agents it had nearly four decades ago: 2,500.” (They prepared a nice little chart comparing the number of ATF agents to the FBI and DEA’s bloated rosters.) Here’s what the WaPo didn’t write . . .

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