History of the ATF - Part 1: How Prohibition Built the Bureau

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🗓️ 31 December 2024

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This is a video on the T-Rex lab channel, but due to the number of requests, we're also posting it here for easier listening.

The actions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives don't get as much attention as they should, but most people are generally aware of their recent history. However, to get a better understanding of how they developed as an enforcement agency, we have to go back to their first assignment. This will be a multi-part examination of where the ATF came from, and where they should go.

Sources: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Call-Rise-Fall-Prohibition/dp/074327704X

https://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349/

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Times-Revised-Twenties-Perennial/dp/0060935502

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=DFwWAAAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PP6&hl=en

https://www.thecornellreview.org/well-regulated-the-nfa-hearings-1-6-an-unforgivable-betrayal/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Technically Not an episode of T-Rex Talk. This is a video that was made for the T-Rex Labs
0:07.8	YouTube channel, but even though it was made to be a video, most of the content is audio only.
0:14.4	And we've had a few requests to post it on the Spotify channel, so those of you who prefer
0:20.3	listening to videos can hear this one so
0:22.9	here it is the so far relatively pleasant history of the ATF but don't worry it does
0:31.5	get worse in future episodes.
0:45.8	I hope you guys have had a Merry Christmas. You may wonder about the timing of this video. It certainly doesn't feel particularly festive as a topic, but it is a dark, gloomy,
0:52.0	rainy day today, perfect for a dark, a dark gloomy topic so welcome to a very
0:58.4	special multi-part T-Rex arms series on the history of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco
1:06.0	Firearms Explosives etc now the timing of these videos I think actually makes sense.
1:13.6	It's not just that alcohol tobacco and firearms make for a great Christmas gift list.
1:18.6	I have been researching and writing these scripts for this series for a long time.
1:24.6	And I think now is the time. As a new administration starts in January,
1:30.1	there will be new leadership in the White House. There will be new leadership at the ATF.
1:35.4	There's already talk about dissolving the agency completely. So I thought now
1:39.9	could be the best possible time to get some of this research, you know, out in the public for discussion.
1:47.0	A better understanding of how we got here, where we are today, could be useful for framing the conversation.
1:53.0	So I would like to start that at the beginning.
1:56.0	Now, technically, the ATF has not been called the ATF since the 1970s, but the general
2:09.7	responsibilities of alcohol tobacco firearms goes back to the 1920s when the United States
2:15.7	banned the possession and consumption of alcohol.
2:20.1	Now, the way that our government handled prohibition is very important for this.
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