This week, the senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, often referred to as the “ATF,” on a 48-46 vote. Director Dettelbach is the first ATF leader confirmed in seven years.
The confirmation comes on the heels of Congress passing new gun control measures that, among other things, created substantive new criminal offenses for trafficking and straw purchasing firearms.
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