Våpenregulering: NRA vs. ATF

Washington Post kjører en artikkelserie om ulovlige våpen, og har en veldig interessant sak idag om hvilken påvirkning National Rifle Association har på amerikansk våpenpolitikk. Lite utdrag:

When Ronald Reagan came into office, the NRA nearly succeeded in its longtime goal of abolishing ATF. Reagan wanted to eliminate the agency and transfer its powers to the Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service. But NRA leaders decided they preferred the weak devil they knew to stronger new regulators. Quietly and somewhat awkwardly, they lobbied to undo their accomplishment. "As long as ATF existed, the firearms lobby could utilize it as a symbolic opponent," Vizzard said. "Without an ATF, the firearms lobby lost a key actor in the ritual drama - the villain."

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