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Federal authorities have used various surveillance methods to identify individuals accused of acts of domestic terrorism against Tesla vehicles and property, according to recently unsealed court documents obtained by 404 Media.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a rule Wednesday reversing the ATF’s decades-long ban against the restoration of gun rights. 

A host of federal law enforcement agencies banded together with ICE to carry out deportation raids as part of Operation Take Back America within four days that ended on Friday. The United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Kentucky announced the arrest of 81 illegal aliens, 25 of whom now face various federal criminal charges.

Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) were among the Republican lawmakers who introduced legislation Thursday to cut ATF red tape on background checks.

FBI director Kash Patel was welcomed by ATF Headquarters after being sworn in Monday to serve as the agency’s acting director. 

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) continues to stay on message with calls to “Abolish the ATF.”

FBI director Kash Patel “will be tapped to run the ATF,” according to FOX News, which based the report on two unnamed sources.

Mother Jones published an article Friday expressing concern that all of Joe Biden’s gun controls are now “at risk” under President Donald Trump.

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.

More and more members of the House are lining up to co-sponsor Rep. Eric Burlison’s (R-MO) push to abolish the ATF. 

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. 

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) will introduce legislation Monday to repeal the National Firearms Act (1934).  

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.