The White House on Thursday withdrew the controversial nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), releasing a statement explaining the decision. President Joe Biden accused congressional Republicans of “us[ing] gun crime as a talking point instead of taking serious steps to address it.” These same Republicans, the White House…
Biden Withdraws Nomination of Gun Control Advocate David Chipman to Head ATF
McConnell: Biden Should Withdraw Chipman as Nominee to Head Firearms Bureau
President Joe Biden should withdraw David Chipman’s nomination to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Saturday. McConnell raised a series of developments regarding Chipman, including sources described as current and former ATF agents claiming Chipman made racially discriminatory remarks while working for the agency in…
Durbin Rejects 2nd Hearing on Biden’s ATF Nominee, Calls Racist Remark Allegations ‘Baseless’
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has rejected Republican calls for a second hearing on President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), calling the GOP request a ruse to tarnish the candidate and “unfairly derail” his nomination. Durbin’s announcement came in an Aug. 2 letter to…
Biden ATF Nominee Aiming the Wrong Way
Commentary The long July Fourth weekend in Chicago, a city that boasts some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, saw 100 people shot, 18 fatally. Among those injured or killed were two police officers and five children 13-years-old or younger. It is almost certain that overworked and underappreciated Chicago homicide detectives will…
22 State AGs Voice Opposition to Biden’s Nominee for ATF Director
Attorneys General in 22 states have called on the U.S. Senate to oppose David Chipman’s confirmation as director of the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), citing the efforts of the president’s nominee to restrict second amendment rights. Montana’s Attorney General (AG) Austin Knudsen led 21 of his colleagues in…
Biden Plans to Nominate Pro-Gun Control Advocate as ATF Director
President Joe Biden’s administration is slated to nominate gun control advocate David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the agency that attempts to prevent the trafficking of firearms. Chipman, who previously served in the ATF for 25 years, is a former adviser to the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun…
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