Harry Tuttle
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AGS Statement on the Appointment of New ATFE Director
4/5/2004
Press Release
Americans for Gun Safety
Washington, DC
www.americansforgunsafety.com
Contact:
Matt Bennett
Phone: 202-775-0300
"For the past decade our federal gun laws have been woefully underenforced. It is our hope that with the appointment of a new Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATFE), the Justice Department will finally make the enforcement of our gun laws a top priority.
"We have been especially disappointed with the enforcement record of the current Administration because they came in promising to more vigorously enforce our gun laws. But as Department of Justice's own data show, 20 of the 22 major federal gun laws are enforced so rarely they might as well not exist.
"We hope that the appointment of Carl Truscott will lead to significantly higher levels of enforcement of illegal gun trafficking and corrupt gun store laws. And we hope to see much more vigorous enforcement against criminals who lie on the criminal background check in order to illegally purchase a gun. In 2002, there were only 578 prosecutions out of a possible 136,000 pages. For the sake of all law abiding citizens, we hope that the appointment of Carl Truscott will mark a turning point in our nation's enforcement of gun laws."
Date of Release: April 1, 2004
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,570258,00.html
4/5/2004
Press Release
Americans for Gun Safety
Washington, DC
www.americansforgunsafety.com
Contact:
Matt Bennett
Phone: 202-775-0300
"For the past decade our federal gun laws have been woefully underenforced. It is our hope that with the appointment of a new Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATFE), the Justice Department will finally make the enforcement of our gun laws a top priority.
"We have been especially disappointed with the enforcement record of the current Administration because they came in promising to more vigorously enforce our gun laws. But as Department of Justice's own data show, 20 of the 22 major federal gun laws are enforced so rarely they might as well not exist.
"We hope that the appointment of Carl Truscott will lead to significantly higher levels of enforcement of illegal gun trafficking and corrupt gun store laws. And we hope to see much more vigorous enforcement against criminals who lie on the criminal background check in order to illegally purchase a gun. In 2002, there were only 578 prosecutions out of a possible 136,000 pages. For the sake of all law abiding citizens, we hope that the appointment of Carl Truscott will mark a turning point in our nation's enforcement of gun laws."
Date of Release: April 1, 2004
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/alerts/reader/0,2061,570258,00.html