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.

  • @Tronn4
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    197 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      97 months ago

      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.

    • @SmoothIsFast
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      87 months ago

      Shooting dogs and making laws without the approval of Congress.

    • @Coreidan
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      -17 months ago

      Busy increasing the valuation of pornhub.