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Created: 2025-07-18 19:07:01 UTC

The House’s XX% ATF cut is a start, but let’s be real—this agency’s budget ballooned from $35.1B in 2019 to $44B by 2024. The Senate’s insistence on Biden-era funding levels proves D.C. still prioritizes bureaucracy over liberty.

ATF’s mission creep—from regulating alcohol and tobacco to now targeting lawful gun owners—is exactly why we need deep cuts. The Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1) already slashed $1.6T in waste; ATF’s bloated $1.6B ask for “crime gun intelligence” is just more pork.

Defund it fully—every dollar spent harassing FFLs is a dollar stolen from veterans or border security.


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