Steve Dettelbach has tendered his resignation to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) effective January 18th, 2025.
The resignation comes at a time when the ATF has been at the center of heated debates over gun control policies and the Biden Administration’s efforts to suppress the Second Amendment.
President Trump had promised to fire Dettelbach on day one of his second term of Presidency.
Before Dettelbach became the Director for the ATF, he served as an attorney in Ohio, where he supported strict gun control laws and firmly enforced existing firearm regulations — including expanded Universal Gun Registration and bans on so-called “assault weapons.”
Dettelbach was hand-picked by the Biden Administration to lead the ATF even earned the endorsement of Bloomberg’s radical gun control lobby, Everytown.
The National Association for Gun Rights vehemently opposed his nomination to head the ATF in 2022.
As for the ATF moving forward, the future seems bleak, with Republicans controlling the U.S. House, Senate, and Presidency.
The National Association for Gun Rights is pushing to abolish the ATF entirely, starting with reducing the ATF’s budget to pre-Obama levels, which would cut at least $1 billion for fiscal year 2025.
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