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.”

  • @PattyMcB
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    89 hours ago

    SERIOUSLY? I’ll bet this fucker tries to gut 2A, too

    • @FireTower
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      12 hours ago

      The GOA backs him and given his speech at their conference I’m willing to bet he isn’t keen on doing that.

    • @Arbiter
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      67 hours ago

      Of course they will, they’ll do it in the name of removing guns from “undocumented immigrants” and “gang members”.