The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he fears that a drumbeat of mass shootings and other gun violence across the United States could make Americans numb to the bloodshed, fostering apathy to finding solutions rather than galvanizing communities to act.

Director Steve Dettelbach’s comments to The Associated Press came after he met this past week with family members of some of the 18 people killed in October at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine by a U.S. Army reservist who later took his own life.

He said people must not accept that gun violence is a prevalent part of American life.

  • Tronn4English
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    Hold up. There’s an enforcer? The fuk has they been doing all these years?

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      The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

      Yeah I think he was focusing his attention on drugs mostly. In some sense at least.

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      Shooting dogs and making laws without the approval of Congress.

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      Trying to claim accessories are NFA and turning law abiding gun owners into felons.

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      Busy increasing the valuation of pornhub.