It has been illegal since 1986 for the federal government to establish a national forearms registry. As you might expect of the sort of people who gravitate to government employment, the bureaucrats ...

Jacob Sullum, a senior editor at Reason magazine, is the author of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books). Follow him on X: ...

Dive into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, a federal agency enforcing laws, investigating firearms and explosives offenses, and protecting communities from dangerous crimes. Google is ...