Firearms lobby holds undue sway over Congress

David Chipman's career as a decorated ATF agent made him uniquely qualified to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Explosives.

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September 13, 2021 - 9:38 AM

Former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent and Giffords Law Center senior policy adviser David Chipman, right, had his nomination to lead the ATF withdrawn last week. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

Of course the pro-gun-regulation activist and former ATF agent President Joe Biden nominated to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives couldn’t pass Senate muster.

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