Biden Plans to Nominate Pro-Gun Control Advocate as ATF Director

Giffords Law Center Senior Policy Adviser David Chipman speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on assault weapons on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 25, 2019. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

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 Safety and currently advises gun control group Giffords.