Well, 28 percent is a start. The Trump administration is reportedly telling the ATF to cut its budget by at least 28 percent.
🚨BREAKING🚨
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) May 2, 2025
President Trump just told Congress to cut ATF's budget by at least 28%.
His proposed budget targets numerous Biden-era infringements & "ATF offices that have criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat." pic.twitter.com/vuFwztptJF
The program name is called "Refocus ATF Enforcement and Regulatory Policies." It reads, "The Budget re-prioritizes resources toward illegal firearms traffickers fueling violent crime and crime gun tracing that State and local law enforcement need to track down dangerous criminals, such as MS-13 gang members."
It adds, "The previous administration used the ATF to attack gun-owning Americans and undermine the Second Amendment."
Woo-hoo!
— Law of Self Defense (@LawSelfDefense) May 2, 2025
Okay. This is I absolutely love.
— AmongTheRandom (@BR_AmngTheRndm) May 2, 2025
Only 72% more to go! LFG.
— CowboyTechie 🇺🇸 (@tlbray) May 2, 2025
That’s a good start, but should be 100%.
— Nurse Lioness (@CardioFixer) May 2, 2025
Eliminate it!
— Everything 2A 🇺🇸 (@everything2A) May 2, 2025
If they get rid of the NFA that would reduce staffing requirements. Let’s do both.
— The Engine (@ngintx) May 2, 2025
Don't stop there, cut it by 100% @POTUS
— Whale Psychiatrist ™️ (@k_ovfefe2) May 2, 2025
This is not what I voted for, I voted for 100%
— Semisi 🇺🇸 (@RealSemisi) May 2, 2025
— Ghost (@stoicglare) May 3, 2025
Stomp that shit out completely 💯 %
— Chris Slaughter (@ChrisSl00434160) May 3, 2025
— Geoff (@Geoff_with_a_J) May 2, 2025
Words. I’ll believe it when they actually do it.
— Herman Hermann (@_Hank__Rearden_) May 2, 2025
DOGE did a good job cutting the fat, but there are still so many federal agencies that need to be eliminated, including the ATF. Defund.
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