Rep. Lauren Boebert Pushes to Abolish the ATF

Past GOP efforts to eliminate the agency have drawn resistance from Democrats and the Biden administration.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 6, 2022. Bobby Sanchez for The Epoch Times

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has joined Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) in introducing legislation to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the latest in a series of attempts by Republicans to abolish the agency.

“I cannot imagine under any circumstance or administration where the ATF serves as an ally to the Second Amendment and law-abiding firearm owners across America,” Boebert said in a Jan. 8 statement on the one-page bill. “The ATF should be abolished before they eventually abolish our Second Amendment.”