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FBI director loses ATF gig as Trump kills gun security measures

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Editorial Board Published April 9, 2025
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FBI Director Kash Patel, who was put in by President Donald Trump as appearing director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, has quietly been faraway from the company, whose major position is to research federal offenses involving firearms and explosives.

In accordance with Reuters, Patel has been changed by U.S. Military Secretary Daniel Driscoll, however a proper announcement has but to be launched. 

NBC’s Ken Dilanian reported that ATF officers, who solely discovered about Patel’s departure on Wednesday, “were shocked and confused,” noting that Patel “had not been seen inside an ATF facility for weeks.”

Patel’s position as FBI director is a full-time place, as is the ATF director position. The association that purportedly had him working each companies was uncommon, although Driscoll is reportedly set to separate his time between companies as properly.

Patel is a conspiracy theorist who authored a number of kids’s books starring a fantasy-based model of Trump. In reward for his fan fiction, Trump nominated him to steer the USA’ premiere legislation enforcement company.

FBI director loses ATF gig as Trump kills gun security measures
Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi

The chaotic state of the company’s management comes because the Trump administration prepares to roll again rules from the Biden administration, which shield People from gun violence.

Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi introduced on Monday that she’s going to eradicate President Joe Biden’s “zero tolerance” coverage, which strips away federal gun licenses for gun sellers who repeatedly violate the legislation.

Tons of of sellers who have been probably placing weapons into the palms of harmful people had their licenses revoked beneath the Biden coverage. However now beneath Trump, these people will probably be allowed to personal firearms.

Regardless of the hazard to the general public, Trump’s motion was praised as a “vital win” by Gun Homeowners of America, a right-wing extremist group with previous ties to white-supremacist organizations, together with the KKK.

Bondi additionally intends to roll again Biden-era checks on individuals who use stabilizing braces to show pistols into rifles and a regulation that made gun sellers adhere to stringent licensing and background examine necessities.

Biden signed the primary main federal gun security invoice in a long time within the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. In the meantime, Trump, who opposes gun security rules and legal guidelines, has been bankrolled by the far-right, scandal-plagued Nationwide Rifle Affiliation for years.

With Trump within the White Home, gun extremists have a key ally—and the general public is at risk.

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