that it's not criminally negligent to put guns into the hands of violent criminals?
I really can't see how this kind of tactic could possibly be beneficial. Unless you're stopping the guns before they get to the guys intending to use them -- which the BATFE was explicitly ordering their agents not to do!
I really can't see how this kind of tactic could possibly be beneficial. Unless you're stopping the guns before they get to the guys intending to use them -- which the BATFE was explicitly ordering their agents not to do!