Biden to nominate official from gun-control group to head ATF
Source: Washington Post
President Biden will announce a top official from a leading gun-control group as his nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives a key agency in combating gun violence that has gone without a permanent director for years. Two people familiar with the matter said Biden plans to nominate David Chipman, a veteran ATF special agent who currently serves as senior policy adviser at Giffords, as his ATF director nominee. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose a personnel decision before it is made public.
Before his current role at Giffords, the advocacy group led by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Chipman was a special agent at ATF for more than two decades with a focus on firearms programs, according to the biography on his website. The ATF position is one that has often become embroiled in controversial political battles over gun issues, and the last Senate-confirmed leader for the bureau was installed in 2013.
Biden has been under pressure from Democrats to take action on gun control, especially following two recent mass shootings, and naming an activist could be a way to do that. Chipmans background in law enforcement could insulate him from some criticism on the right. The nomination will be part of a slate of executive actions that the White House intends to unveil on Thursday. Biden plans to announce several administrative actions relating to firearms safety, although White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to elaborate on the substance of the actions at her daily briefing earlier Wednesday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland is also expected to attend the event, as well as groups advocating for stricter gun laws and lawmakers from Capitol Hill. The administration has privately explored for weeks various executive actions related to guns, including regulation of so-called ghost guns, strengthening background checks and community anti-violence funding.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-nominate-official-from-gun-control-group-to-head-atf/2021/04/07/1f0ef6d4-97d2-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)AndyS
(14,559 posts)Finally something more than thoughts and prayers!
sheshe2
(83,344 posts)Biden chooses wisely.
brer cat
(24,402 posts)I like his background.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,307 posts)Paladin
(28,204 posts)Tndem615
(77 posts)Will he do anything though? Its been all talk for decades.
Cha
(295,925 posts)attention.. it's obvious President Biden is MORE than just "talk".
Talitha
(6,479 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,261 posts)Lots of ATF knowledge, SRT member, knows all about guns and the damage they can do. Great choice.
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ffr
(22,649 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,567 posts)dealing mostly with those crimes on a federal level?
Shh. . .competence hasn't been normal in Washington for years.
Expect a lot of RW talking points about coming from your guns and "pry it from my cold dead hands" nonsense.
marble falls
(56,359 posts)... about the public safety and public health menaces firearms are.
LudwigPastorius
(8,944 posts)Joe is all outta fucks to give.
Martin68
(22,671 posts)they were appointed to hed.