Oh do come on. Why does everything have to be politics and anti-Obama. The ATF is charged with enforcing the laws of congress. Some of those gun laws are not clear and ATF interprets them. This has gone on for a long time and went on under both Regan and the Bushes so don’t blame this on Obama. Instead of being focused on getting a “conservative”, we should be working to get the gun laws changed including taking it to the supreme court if necessary. Self defense is just as legitimate a need for a firearm as is “sporting” purposes. Not that we should have to justify a reason. Either its a right that we have to own one, or it is not, sporting purposes or not withstanding.