A whole slew of budget cuts took effect on Friday. I’m a little peeved that NASA’s losing another $970 million. The beleaguered ATF will be taking a $60 million dollar hit, which would conceivably hamper their ability to enforce all those new gun-control laws folks keep proposing. Additionally, the FBI is losing $480 million, at least some of which is going to have an impact on NICS background-check processing. Expect delays.
Frankly, the whole thing reminds me of Gingrich’s boondoggle in 1995, but I don’t think the current President has the savvy to turn it to his advantage in the manner than Clinton did.
It goes without saying that this is going to be the political headliner for the near future. As such, the push for gun control in Congress is going to fade from public view and lose momentum.
That doesn’t mean it’s over, though.