Abolish The ATF?

There's a discussion at Snowflakes In Hell as to we might be better off not abolishing the BATFE, but letting it survive as the damage it does might be less than the damage done if the same actions were undertaken by, say, the FBI.

So the ATF is to become the Viet Cong farmer / sniper who worked a field off the end of the runway at a U.S. air base.

Every time a plane took off, he would raise his rifle from the rice paddy and take a shot at it. In several years, he had scored no hits.

Everyone knew what he was doing, but nothing was done on the theory that if he was arrested, the V.C. would replace him with someone who was a better shot.

I liked the suggestion in the comments to move alcohol and tobacco to the IRS, since they're revenue items, and will suggest that firearms regulation be dropped completely.