Patel was sworn in Friday as FBI director after winning Senate approval despite Democrats’ concerns about the steadfast Trump ally’s plans to radically overhaul the FBI.
ATF is a separate agency with about 5,500 employees and is responsible for enforcing the nation’s laws around firearms, explosives and arson. Among other things, it’s in charge of licensing federal firearms dealers, tracing guns used in crimes and analyzing intelligence in shooting investigations.
other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
In an executive order earlier this month, President Donald Trump directed the attorney general to review all actions taken by the Biden administration around firearms “to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens.”
So do you think he’s going to relax federal gun laws? Then it’ll be up to the states. Or do you think they’ll challenge the states’ laws too?
Asking for a friend.
The speculation I’m hearing is that he can’t legally shut down the ATF but he is in favor of getting rid of anything that would make 2A a privilege instead of a right.