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ATF Director Dettelbach to Step Down 2 Days Before Trump’s Inauguration

Supporters say he has enhanced public safety by implementing Biden’s gun control agenda while gun rights advocates say he curtailed their constitutional rights.
ATF Director Dettelbach to Step Down 2 Days Before Trump’s Inauguration
President Biden listens as Steven Dettelbach, then-nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, speaks at the White House on April 11, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Michael Clements
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Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will officially resign on Jan. 18.

In the more than two and a half years Dettelbach has led the ATF, the agency has drawn the praise and support of Democrats who say he has enhanced public safety by implementing President Joe Biden’s gun control agenda.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,