Trump can cement his legacy as a hero to America’s 107 million gun owners by nominating an ATF director who understands and is equipped to execute this mission. There is much work to be done.

The ATF has long been criticised by conservatives for its role in gun regulation. ATF, which has approximately 5,500 employees, is responsible for enforcing federal firearm, explosives ...

Not going to happen under this administration.” Many Republicans and the National Rifle Association have long viewed ATF with hostility, with some calling for it to be abolished. ATF has had ...

One of its primary responsibilities is to investigate gun crimes ... alleging the ATF overreaches and places too many restrictions, including on pistol braces. Dettelbach told CBS News that ...

a gun rights group that has called for the ATF to be abolished. In a social media post, the group called Patel a “patriot who understands that the Second Amendment right of the People to keep ...

Dettelbach emphasized that the ATF serves two core functions, serving both as an enforcement agency with “2,500 badge-carrying, gun-carrying federal agents” and as a regulatory agency, chiefly for the ...

A White House release on that order accused the ATF of unfairly targeting gun owners. “The Biden Administration has flagrantly sought to eliminate Second Amendment rights. Among other ...

The move comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the ATF's general counsel ... was because the agency's lead lawyer was "targeting gun owners." Kash Patel is sworn in as FBI director by ...

Under the Biden administration, the ATF advanced new regulations aimed at cracking down on ghost guns and requiring thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Justice Department official said Saturday ...