Too busy to uphold the law?

That's right. There are a multitide of federal crimes, but only a handful of agents to enforce the statutes. They are certainly going to pick and choose the most egrigious crimes for further investigation and prosecution, and essentially ignore everything else.

You'll find your local police department does exactly the same thing. If your home is burglarized, it is likely the police will do little more than complete a police report that you can then give to your insurance company when you file a claim.

I am looking for an unbiased source for the quote. NRA/ILA is where I found it. As I have experience in government propaganda, nothing is taken for granted. If the quote was out of context, it's important to know. If Vice President Biden actually said that, meant that and it wasn't out of context, we've identified the root of the problem.

One of President Obama's intentions is the appointment of a new head of the BATF(E). This position has been vacant since 2006! It has been filled by acting directors, including its current acting director who is also a U.S. Attorney.

@Wendy: When the background check for gun purchase is initiated, the buyer is in the store (or gun show), has shown ID and can't possibly have forgotten he is a convicted felon. The background checks usually take 15-20 minutes. During this time, the police can be dispatched to the store, the applicant is denied and tries to exit the premises and is taken into custody by local law enforcement for a federal crime. There is communication all the way up to the federal level from the gun store and all the way down to local law enforcement. It's inexcusable for our government to expect the rest of us to obey all of the laws while prior felons are not held accountable for committing another series of felonies.

Biden didn't say they should be ignored. He said..they simply humanly don't have the resources to identify ALL persons who lie on such applications. That, my friend, is a sad reality. Same for mentally ill.. they can lie on a form, and (as yet) there IS NO MEANS to spot that, because there is no national data base of mentally ill persons (and that assumes that a mentally ill person has been identified/ treated, which..trust me, many of them are NOT).

And of course, as we all realize.. felons are not always going to waste energy going through a legal process to start with. They will just buy them on a street corner, from someone who probably stole them in the first place.

They are not too "busy". There just isn't enough MONEY for the manpower. Never mind conflicting laws.

the appropriate reaction is crying. If the recent ministers even hint at a presence of a feeling of right and incorrect and severe ethical grounds they gets in the present day a "nudge" to computer screen his elders " play the activity" and study. quicker or later they beginner does study to start up feeding on the trough, on the cost of the persons he promised to "SERVE" dutifully . at last, this is all as much as his eternal SOUL and HIS MAKER.