98 contract employees have been laid off from the National Weapons Center . `` ATF was forced to cut its budget by $ 82 million across the board , including its firearms program and , as a result , 98 contractors in its Martinsburg , West Virginia , facility firearms program have been laid off so far . '' The center tracks guns used in Iraq . Getting the ` ` as quickly as possible is a critical need , '' a former federal prosecutor says .
98 contract employees have been laid off from the National Weapons Center . The center tracks guns used in Iraq . Getting the ` ` as quickly as possible is a critical need , '' a former federal prosecutor says .