The resignation of ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, two days before Inauguration Day, is seen as a victory by gun rights groups who anticipate a shift towards more pro-gun policies under the Trump administration. Dettelbach, who highlighted a decrease in violent crime during his tenure, is stepping down amidst criticism from gun lobbyists who accused him of targeting firearms owners. Trump has pledged to curtail the ATF's authority and focus it on combating crime, not gun control.
will shift the ATF to more pro-gun policies now that the agency’s chief has announced plans to step down two days before Inauguration Day.told President Joe Biden of his plans after the White House provided guidance for leaving service before the new president was sworn in.
Gun groups cheered his departure in part because they claimed the ATF under Dettelbach turned against firearms owners and suppliers."I will order the ATF to stop bullying gun store owners…and instead go after drug dealers, human traffickers and criminal cartels."“That’s one less person Trump will have to fire after he takes office,” said Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “and it is one less gun prohibition lobbyist on the government payroll.
Biden has spent years trying to ban guns and used his powers as president to push limits, but most major gun control threats went nowhere. He lost any high ground when he pardoned his son, Hunter, who was facing gun charges.and Gun Owners of America, have been in talks with the Trump transition team on who they would support for a new ATF director, though they declined to provide any names to Secrets.
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