What’s next, Don Jr for ATF Director?
February 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
What’s next, Don Jr for ATF Director?
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly been quietly removed as the acting ATF director after he stopped showing up to work.
Kash Patel Removed as Acting ATF Director After Ghosting Gig
He has been replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll after he reportedly did not show face in an ATF facility for weeks.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
FBI Director Kash Patel has reportedly been quietly removed as the acting ATF director after he stopped showing up to work.
FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives after he stopped showing up to facilities there, according to a report.
Patel, who remains in his FBI role, had not been “seen inside an ATF facility for weeks.”
Patel, who remains in his FBI role, had not been “seen inside an ATF facility for weeks.”
Kash Patel Removed as Acting ATF Director After Ghosting Gig
He has been replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll after he reportedly did not show face in an ATF facility for weeks.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives after he stopped showing up to facilities there, according to a report.
Patel, who remains in his FBI role, had not been “seen inside an ATF facility for weeks.”
Patel, who remains in his FBI role, had not been “seen inside an ATF facility for weeks.”
Neguse: This provision clearly states you no longer have to register silencers with the ATF. Is that incorrect?
May 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Neguse: This provision clearly states you no longer have to register silencers with the ATF. Is that incorrect?
This seems like a really bad idea, esp. for someone with no experience in ATF’s guns/arson/bombs based prosecutions or their regulatory mission (on top of the slightly demanding job of being FBI director: Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI Director Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director
Patel will be responsible for two sprawling agencies at the Justice Department. ATF alone has 5,500 personnel.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This seems like a really bad idea, esp. for someone with no experience in ATF’s guns/arson/bombs based prosecutions or their regulatory mission (on top of the slightly demanding job of being FBI director: Kash Patel to also take over as acting ATF director www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
An unappreciated part of this story: the person doing the arrest wasn't an ICE agent, it was an ATF agent.
According to Reuters, 4 out of every 5 ATF agents has been reassigned to do immigration enforcement. So it's a great time to be a gun runner in the United States.
According to Reuters, 4 out of every 5 ATF agents has been reassigned to do immigration enforcement. So it's a great time to be a gun runner in the United States.
April 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
An unappreciated part of this story: the person doing the arrest wasn't an ICE agent, it was an ATF agent.
According to Reuters, 4 out of every 5 ATF agents has been reassigned to do immigration enforcement. So it's a great time to be a gun runner in the United States.
According to Reuters, 4 out of every 5 ATF agents has been reassigned to do immigration enforcement. So it's a great time to be a gun runner in the United States.
NEW: Trump repealed Biden’s zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violated the law, invited revoked dealers to reapply and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work, while ATF referred fewer gun-trafficking charges to prosecutors.
“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
www.propublica.org
June 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Trump repealed Biden’s zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers who willfully violated the law, invited revoked dealers to reapply and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work, while ATF referred fewer gun-trafficking charges to prosecutors.
Bomb Threat Made at Principles First Summit;
Will FBI & ATF Conduct The Necessary Investigation?
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Will FBI & ATF Conduct The Necessary Investigation?
youtu.be/uFhunDschIo?...
Bomb Threat Made at Principles First Summit; Will FBI & ATF Conduct The Necessary Investigation?
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Bomb Threat Made at Principles First Summit;
Will FBI & ATF Conduct The Necessary Investigation?
youtu.be/uFhunDschIo?...
Will FBI & ATF Conduct The Necessary Investigation?
youtu.be/uFhunDschIo?...
NEWS: Rep. Andrew Clyde owns a gun store. He sits on the committee that funds the ATF, and he's spent years trying to gut its budget. A gun sold by his store just turned up in a federal trafficking case.
A Congressman's Gun Store Is Linked to a Federal Trafficking Case. He's Trying to Defund the ATF.
A sitting member of Congress owns a gun store. He also serves on the House committee that controls funding for the federal agency responsible for regulating
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July 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
NEWS: Rep. Andrew Clyde owns a gun store. He sits on the committee that funds the ATF, and he's spent years trying to gut its budget. A gun sold by his store just turned up in a federal trafficking case.
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds ATF "ghost gun" rule on a 7-2 vote.
Gorsuch: "The GCA embraces, and thus permits ATF to regulate, some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers, including those we have discussed."
Thomas and Alito each dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Gorsuch: "The GCA embraces, and thus permits ATF to regulate, some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers, including those we have discussed."
Thomas and Alito each dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
March 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds ATF "ghost gun" rule on a 7-2 vote.
Gorsuch: "The GCA embraces, and thus permits ATF to regulate, some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers, including those we have discussed."
Thomas and Alito each dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Gorsuch: "The GCA embraces, and thus permits ATF to regulate, some weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers, including those we have discussed."
Thomas and Alito each dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
I don’t wanna hear MAGA screech about cartels after Kash Patel fires 1000 ATF agents.
March 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I don’t wanna hear MAGA screech about cartels after Kash Patel fires 1000 ATF agents.
What is next Elmer Fudd for ATF? Deputy Dog for FBI? I want actual cartoon characters
November 14, 2024 at 12:42 AM
What is next Elmer Fudd for ATF? Deputy Dog for FBI? I want actual cartoon characters
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigr...
www.propublica.org
June 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
JUST IN: The court said that ghost guns, which are virtually untraceable weapons that require assembly, are considered "firearms" and subject to ATF regulation.
Supreme Court upholds Biden-era rule regulating ghost guns
The court said that ghost guns, which are virtually untraceable weapons that require assembly, are considered "firearms" and subject to ATF regulation.
www.npr.org
March 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
JUST IN: The court said that ghost guns, which are virtually untraceable weapons that require assembly, are considered "firearms" and subject to ATF regulation.
Good thing Trump retasked over 50% of ATF agents to cracking down on roofers with green cards
September 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Good thing Trump retasked over 50% of ATF agents to cracking down on roofers with green cards
FOX: How do we know that these are arrests and not kidnappings?
ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TODD LYONS: Well, I mean, you blatantly see FBI, ATF, ICE, HSI
ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TODD LYONS: Well, I mean, you blatantly see FBI, ATF, ICE, HSI
July 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
FOX: How do we know that these are arrests and not kidnappings?
ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TODD LYONS: Well, I mean, you blatantly see FBI, ATF, ICE, HSI
ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TODD LYONS: Well, I mean, you blatantly see FBI, ATF, ICE, HSI
Trump administration erases school shooting victims at ATF headquarters
Trump administration erases school shooting victims at ATF headquarters
"It was perfectly appropriate that this memorial existed," one victim's father said.
www.motherjones.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump administration erases school shooting victims at ATF headquarters
Why do people think the ATF doc has any credibility? Do I believe the ATF sent it? Yes. Do I believe the ATF is being honest? No. Do you?
'We have no idea who the shooter is and we won't show you the photos we have but they engraved pro trans ideology on the ammo'
'We have no idea who the shooter is and we won't show you the photos we have but they engraved pro trans ideology on the ammo'
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Why do people think the ATF doc has any credibility? Do I believe the ATF sent it? Yes. Do I believe the ATF is being honest? No. Do you?
'We have no idea who the shooter is and we won't show you the photos we have but they engraved pro trans ideology on the ammo'
'We have no idea who the shooter is and we won't show you the photos we have but they engraved pro trans ideology on the ammo'