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Thirty Republican Senators have signed a letter urging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to rescind regulatory gun controls implemented during the Biden administration.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” P.J. Lechleitner, who served as acting Director of ICE under the Biden administration, stated that the Trump administration’s move to use officials from the ATF and FBI to help with deportations is

The Department of Homeland Security issued a directive on Wednesday tapping other federal law enforcement agencies to assist in the apprehension of illegal aliens. The move is “essential” to carrying out President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations.

Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS) is introducing legislation to put the ATF’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy in check, halting the agency’s seemingly unchecked FFL closures under former President Biden.

Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) are introducing legislation Thursday to block the formation of any federal gun registry.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, suggested Tuesday the Palisades fire and subsequent investigation into how it started ought to make Republican House Members back away from their push to defund and/or abolish the ATF.

On Monday Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) doubled down on his push to abolish the ATF, claiming the agency uses tax money to violate Americans’ rights. 

Biden ATF director Steven Dettelbach giggled Friday as he was presented with an 80-percent lower for an AR-15 as a parting gift following his resignation. Ironically, Dettelbach and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) classified 80 percent frames

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) has introduced legislation to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).

Joe Biden’s ATF director, Steven Dettelbach, tendered his resignation December 20, 2024, with an effective date of January 18, 2025. 

The ATF is being ridiculed on social media for using an X post on Christmas Day to wish everyone “Happy Holidays.”

Alan Gottlieb reacted to Hunter Biden’s pardon by describing it as “an affront” to everyone who has been imprisoned for misstatements on form 4473. 

With President-elect Donald Trump heading to the White House and Congress under Republican control, Rep. Eric Burlison (R) is pushing ahead with plans to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, commonly known as the ATF.

Justice Neil Gorsuch undercut claims the ATF’s “ghost gun” rule is not a new interpretation by noting the government held a different view as recently as 2021.

Justice Samuel Alito wrecked the government’s defense of the ATF “ghost gun” rule during oral arguments Tuesday by asking if eggs and peppers are an omelet.

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments Tuesday in Garland v. VanDerStok, a case focused on the ATF’s unilateral action to redefine what constitutes a “firearm.”

An MSNBC columnist reacted to the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump by calling for the ATF’s “size and budget” to be doubled.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced that the shooting suspect in the Apalachee High School attack is 14 years old.

After nearly three months of silence, the U.S. Government has now appealed the June 13, 2024, pistol brace decision to the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 

President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is scheduled to face sentencing on November 13, 2024, for his gun crime convictions.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation on Monday designed to simplify the purchase rules related to firearm suppressors.

Judge Reed O’Connor decided against another ATF rule Tuesday, vacating the agency’s rule classifying forced reset triggers as “machineguns.”

The Supreme Court overturned Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council, which federal agencies have relied on for gun control.

Seattle officials have opened up city police jobs to illegal aliens in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

CLAIM: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) used a post on X Tuesday to claim that Donald Trump refused to ban bump stocks. 

President Biden reacted to SCOTUS’s bump stock decision by asking Congress to pass legislation to ban the firearm accessories.

In 2017 the ATF Association sent a letter to lawmakers informing them that the ATF had approved bump stocks because they do not turn a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun.

NJ AG Matthew Platkin cannot believe SCOTUS struck down a ban on bump stocks, devices he sees as “capable of causing extreme bloodshed.”

Attaching a bump stock to a rifle does not make it a machine gun, and thus the federal agency ban on bump stocks is illegal under federal law, the Supreme Court held on Friday.

On Friday the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the ATF’s ban on firearm accessories commonly known as bump stocks. 

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor vacated the ATF’s AR pistol brace rule, noting that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

Gun Owners of America, the State of Texas, and Gun Owners Foundation secured a preliminary injunction against the ATF’s background check rule.

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk who issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) lasting until June 2, 2024, against the ATF’s background check rule has extended the TRO to June 16, 2024.

The trial for Hunter Biden’s three alleged gun crimes begins Tuesday and the penalties for some of the allegations include jail time and steep fines. 

ATF Director Steven Dettelbach could not define a precise threshold for when private citizens are considered “engaged in the business” of selling guns during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday.

Rep. Matt Gaetz roasted ATF Director Steven Dettelbach for referencing Sen. John Cornyn as a trustworthy Second Amendment source.