As the government shutdown drags on, it has brought greater insight into what the Trump administration values and considers worth preserving and paying for. It’s certainly not the White House, save for his big dumb ballroom. And it also isn’t keeping our national parks functional.

Nope. It’s guns. Guns and people with guns.

Yes, while so many necessary federal workers remain furloughed, the administration has carved out another exception of workers it deems necessary for the nation’s continued functioning: the folks who make sure you can buy some of the most dangerous firearms.

Firearms examiners are now essential workers, and they are back on the job because the gun lobby said jump, and the administration asked how high.

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