The ATF Can’t Write New Gun Laws

But that hasn’t stopped it from trying.

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An ATF officer fires a firearm used in crimes to collect casings for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network at a shooting range in Glendale, Calif., 2017.

Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

A lawsuit filed by the Gun Owners of America against the ATF seeking to stop a new rule from taking effect asks many pertinent questions — some technical, some legal — but the question at the heart of it is one that is relatively easy to answer: Is the ATF actually Congress?

No, it isn’t.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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