IM really impressed that it looks like the ATFE is being brought under control.
by the current administration that is limiting them to do ONLY what they were intended to do.
yet the ATFE BUREAUCRATS still try hard to do everything they can to make firearm ownership as difficult as they can
that potential downsizing obviously has the
bureaucrats under shorts in a knot!
as they are being restricted from the previous ROUGE agency with the MINDSET that they ,
could and were actually supposed to make up rules, and interpret laws as they saw fit,
and enforce those rules they made up, as laws, and if there was no existing law...
well HELL, it was obviously mandatory in the ATFE managements minds, as bureaucrats
that they just made up a rule they wanted, and enforced it as they saw necessary!
keep in mind the bureaucratic mindset is and always has been,
we need more personnel and a constantly increasing budget

and if you fail to agree, your obviously the enemy of progress
the atfe reminds me of this story about government
THE NIGHT WATCHMAN
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies. Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"
So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports. Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two people. Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back." So they laid-off the night watchman.
NOW slowly, let it sink in. (its the way bureaucrats think)