ATF Director Jones Announces Resignation In Wake of 5.56 ‘Green Tip’ Ammo Fiasco

By Ammoland

NEWTOWN, Conn –-(Ammoland.com)- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director B. Todd Jones announced last Friday that he is resigning.

Deputy Director Thomas E. Brandon will serve as acting director after Jones departs.

National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) was aware that Jones was planning to step down, his decision likely accelerated by the overwhelmingly negative public and Congressional response to the bureau’s now-withdrawn proposal to adopt a regulatory framework that would have banned 5.56mm M855 “green tip” ammunition.

Jones was nominated by President Obama in January 2013 and confirmed in August of …read more

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