New York( CNN) Behind the scenes, a firearm industry lobbyist commentaries “thats been” immediately incorporated into an internal memoranda at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to freshly disclosed documents — a white paper that suggested the agency peel back a number of gun regulations.
“If I am missing the mark on a major issue or disregarding a major discussion phase any feedback you have would be appreciated, ” Turk wrote to the lobbyist, Mark Barnes, on January 9, 2017. “My hope is that the agency can demonstrate flexibility where appropriate and identify areas for further discussion, recognizing that solving everyone's concerns on each side would be difficult.”
The documents on the drafting of the white paper, as provided by the ATF, do not reflect any input from gun-control groups.
