BATFE FAQ ... Gone?

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Aguila Blanca

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For several years I have kept a bookmark to the BATFE FAQ site. I clicked it yesterday to research a question, and ... no more FAQ site. I get the same thing if I search for "BATFE FAQ" is a search engine. The result is the same URL I had bookmarked, and it no longer works.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq

Does anyone know if the BATFE has moved the FAQ to a new URL? Or have they just stopped paying for that miniscule amount of server space as part of "sequester" savings?
 
The ATF sent out an email a couple weeks ago saying they had a new site design rolling out today.

Yeah, on April 1. I don't think they recognize the significance of that. But anyway...

My guess is the busted link is due to changes in the structure of the site. I just tried to find the FAQ, and while there's a tab for it on their Firearms page, that little tab tool isn't working. I don't think they have worked the bugs out yet.

Incidentally, I am amused that in the sections they list, they have Firearms, Explosives, Arson, and Alcohol & Tobacco. Almost like Arson is its own industry... :eek:
 
I hope the new format is at least as useful and informative as the old one. Considering the source, I expect that it will not be an improvment. The old FAQ wasn't perfect, but it was helpful.

I wonder how much the gummint spent to revamp the web site? I can't escape the thought that a government that's operating trillions of dollars in the red probably doesn't have an urgent need to redesign web sites that have been fully functional for several years.
 
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