On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel was reportedly sworn in as acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi fired ATF chief counsel Pamela Hicks, saying, “These people were targeting gun owners. Not going to happen under this administration.”
In March 2023, the Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance discussed with expert witnesses how the ATF under the Biden administration reversed guidance that protected gun owners. The committee said the ATF was “potentially subjecting individuals and small businesses to felony prison sentences and exorbitant fines if they do not comply with a new final rule.”
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) pointed out that the ATF’s final rule targeted…
