{"id":1552440,"date":"2022-07-13T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552440"},"modified":"2022-07-13T12:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:34:25","slug":"senate-confirms-bidens-atf-nominee-whos-never-actually-owned-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-bidens-atf-nominee-whos-never-actually-owned-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms Biden\u2019s ATF Nominee \u2013 Who\u2019s Never Actually Owned a Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-confirms-bidens-atf-nominee-whos-never-actually-owned-a-gun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday the Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach, President Joe Biden\u2019s second choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) \u2014 which enforces the nation\u2019s gun laws \u2014 even after the nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/06\/biden-nominee-for-atf-director-says-hes-never-owned-a-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted he has never owned a gun.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday afternoon floor vote, Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1172\/vote_117_2_00246.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a> 48-46 in favor of Dettelbach\u2019s nomination. Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Rob Portman (OH) joined 46 Democrats in approving Dettelbach\u2019s nomination, helping Democrats reach the majority needed to confirm Dettelbach, despite the absences of Sens. Chuck Schumer (NY), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Patrick Leahy (VT) and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n\u00a0(NM). Republican Sens. Ben Sasse (KS) and James Risch (ID) were also absent.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Dettelbach confirmed he had never owned a gun and had never been issued one in a professional capacity. Dettelbach\u2019s expertise is as a career prosecutor. He joined the Department of Justice\u2019s Civil Rights Division in 1992, where he worked as a trial lawyer\u00a0in the criminal section. Dettelbach volunteered with President Barack Obama\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign and Obama later nominated him to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2009 to 2016. Dettelbach also ran as a Democrat candidate for Ohio\u2019s Attorney General but lost out to Republican Dave Yost. <\/p>\n<p>As the director of the ATF, Dettelbach\u2019s responsibilities will include enforcing federal gun laws and regulations. In recent years, the ATF has repeatedly found itself in the position of reviewing the legality of new firearms and firearms parts such as bump stocks, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/03\/atf-officially-declares-certain-gun-triggers-machine-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specialized triggers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2020\/12\/2484680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pistol braces<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Dettelbach is the second nominee Biden has put forward to head up the ATF after <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2021\/09\/biden-to-withdraw-anti-gun-atf-nominee-chipman-after-bipartisan-backlash-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">withdrawing his first choice, David Chipman<\/a>, over bipartisan opposition. Chipman had a history of gun control advocacy and told Senators he supports banning popular semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 and criminalizing private firearm sales.<\/p>\n<p>Following Dettelbach\u2019s confirmation, Biden said, \u201cThe Senate just took an important, bipartisan step by confirming Steve Dettelbach, an extraordinarily qualified and decorated career prosecutor with strong support across the law enforcement community, to be the first permanent head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in over 7 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said, \u201cFollowing the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, today\u2019s vote is another important sign that both parties can come together to support law enforcement and stand up against the horrific scourge of gun violence. I thank the Senate for their support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden concluded his remarks about Dettelbachs confirmation by saying, \u201cAs ATF Director, Steve will play a leading role in ensuring robust implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and driving forward other executive actions to fight crime and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even before the Senate began considering Dettelbach\u2019s nomination, and before Dettelbach admitted to never having owned a firearm, gun rights groups like the Firearms Policy Coalition expressed opposition to his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) tweeted, \u201cDettelbach\u2019s nomination is nothing short of a stealth attempt by the Biden Administration to appoint someone with the same radical values as David Chipman, but without the extensive public paper trail.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dettelbach\u2019s nomination is nothing short of a stealth attempt by the Biden Administration to appoint someone with the same radical values as David Chipman, but without the extensive public paper trail. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6EuL8Rqddq\">pic.twitter.com\/6EuL8Rqddq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunpolicy\/status\/1513692139519098882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In April, the National Rifle Association (NRA) also accused Biden of choosing to \u201crinse and repeat\u201d by nominating Dettelbach after the Chipman nomination failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Chipman, Dettelbach is a dedicated gun controller with a background that proves he would be neither fair nor objective as head of ATF,\u201d the NRA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20220411\/biden-chooses-to-rinse-and-repeat-with-new-atf-nominee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWhen running for Ohio Attorney General in 2018, Dettelbach endorsed gun bans, restrictions on lawful firearm transfers, and further expansion of prohibitions on who can lawfully possess a firearm. In short, it\u2019s unclear what gun control measures Dettelbach doesn\u2019t\u00a0support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Dettelbach\u2019s confirmation, the FPC said, \u201cThe Senate failed the People today. The purpose of agency directors is to serve ministerial duties, not to subvert law and cheerlead the abrogation of our rights. By confirming an anti-rights zealot to helm one of the nation\u2019s most infamous agencies, the Senate has all but promised that the ATF will continue, or even worsen, its violations of the trust of the People.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday the Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach, President Joe Biden\u2019s second choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) \u2014 which enforces the nation\u2019s gun laws \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1552584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1552584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}