DOJ To Gut Unit That Monitors Licensed Gun Dealers

The New York Times reports:

The Justice Department plans to slash the number of inspectors who monitor federally licensed gun dealers by two-thirds, sharply limiting the government’s already crimped capacity to identify businesses that sell guns to criminals, according to budget documents.

The department plans to eliminate 541 of the estimated 800 investigators responsible for determining whether federal dealers are following federal law and regulations intended to keep guns away from traffickers, straw purchasers, criminals and those found to have severe mental illness, according to a budget summary quietly circulated last week.

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NEWS: DOJ plans to slash the number of inspectors who monitor federally licensed gun dealers by two-thirds — effectively ending federal oversight intended to prevent sales to criminals and straw purchasers, in the view of ATF staff. https://t.co/loaOiGrjI1

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 18, 2025