Trump’s Nominee To Head ATF Sunk Due To Gun Control Stances

By Tom Knighton

The last thing you want to see as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives–otherwise known as either BATFE or just the ATF–is a gun grabber. Part of the duties for the ATF is to make determinations of what is legal and what isn’t and chief that favors gun control could well interpret things far less liberally than someone who favors gun rights.

Among other things.

The Republican-controlled Senate knows this and knows that confirming such a person would likely force them to have to answer some tough questions when they get back home. That’s probably why President Trump’s pick to head the ATF is likely never going to be confirmed.

Chuck Canterbury, President Trump’s nominee to serve as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, is likely to see his nomination withdrawn due to stringent opposition from Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Washington Free Beacon learned on Thursday.

“Chuck Canterbury does NOT have sufficient support in the Judiciary Committee and is now expected to be held up instead of getting a vote today,” a GOP Senate aide told the Free Beacon on Thursday morning. “Republican members are (1) Concerned about his stances …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms