Will The Next ATF Director Be Another Gun-Grabber?
Written by
Erich Pratt Published: 06 February 2025
Unfortunately, it appears that gun owners were right to be concerned about the appointment of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
According to leaked information that is being reported by the New York Times and now also by pro-gun YouTubers like Jared (of Guns & Gadgets) and Braden Langley, Bondi is considering recommending a “non-ideological” person who is an “older, more seasoned LEO” to be the new head of the ATF.
Her shortlist allegedly includes several former and current top ATF officials!
To put it bluntly, that would be a DISASTER for the Second Amendment.
Biden’s head of the ATF Steven Dettelbach was an “older, non-ideological, more seasoned LEO” – and as millions of gun owners are painfully aware, he spent years leading an all-out assault on our 2A rights!
You know who else was a “seasoned LEO?” The anti-gun radical David Chipman – whose nomination to lead the Biden ATF was torpedoed thanks to GOA members like you. Also, during his first administration, President Trump chose anti-gun president of the Fraternal Order of Police Chuck Canterbury and GOA members had to spend months fighting to tank his nomination.
It would be a mistake for a “pro-gun” administration to appoint another “seasoned” bureaucrat who knows nothing about the Second Amendment.
That’s why we need YOUR help urging President Trump to ensure the appointment of a strict constitutionalist who both understands firearms and who won’t tolerate the ATF’s war on the Second Amendment.
A lot of harm has been done in the name of “law and order” over the years.
Things such as registering gun owners in the name of fighting crime; attacking a group of loners in Waco, Texas; shutting down long-established gun stores for simple mistakes; abusing mentally handicapped people in gun “stings” in Milwaukee; victimizing pro-gun sheriffs with nonsensical new legal theories; murdering airport executives in Arkansas; and much, much more.
In fact, the ATF is defying judicial rulings against its unconstitutional gun control measures. Despite courts striking down their policies, the ATF has continued attempts to unlawfully enforce its pistol brace ban on multiple occasions—acting as if they are above the law!
Pam Bondi must understand that truly restoring “law and order” in the eyes of gun owners means fundamentally transforming the rogue ATF.
That means appointing an ATF director who will do ALL of the following:
- Stand up to ATF’s rogue officials;
- Help President Trump downsize the federal government (including ATF);
- Unravel Biden’s weaponization of law enforcement (especially ATF);
- Scale back the ATF’s infringements of constitutional rights; and
- Return freedom to the hands of the people to whom it belongs.
Maintaining the corrupt, tyrannical status quo by appointing current or former top ATF officials is not the kind of “law and order” that the American people want or expect.
In fact, President Trump began his second administration by taking an ax to the Deep State that has enabled “seasoned” bureaucrats to run wild in Washington.
He needs to do the same to the ATF by appointing a fighter who will defend the Second Amendment from the lawless bureaucrats who’ve waged war on our God-given rights for far too long.
But to be sure it happens, GOA is asking every single one of our members to flood the White House with letters calling for an ATF Director who will FIGHT for the Second Amendment.
It’s vital that President Trump hear from YOU before it’s too late!