. >> according to robert schmitt he said: >> what is your response, the a.t.f. said it was doing it's job, trying to keep the streets safe. >> they issued a statement out of washington to the same effect. what our questions were they didn't answer. they were talking about their policy, but we are looking at how did it play out. if your goal is to keep guns off the street, why did you leave a felon to shop the shotgun, because it brings a higher penalty, and in terms of looking at the numbers, if you talk to former federal prosecutors, they say that this is not what the federal system is for. it's for large, you know, gang take-downs and kingpins of that nature. one individual said if individuals come in and make these cases and they are not going anywhere, it's a waste of federal resources. >> in this case didn't - what many said is to criticise what the atf did, they manufactured crime. people are going out buying guns and bringing them to the atn siting operation, and operated pawn shops where they'd buy garments and other technology so people stole it and bro