National Kash Patel - Appointed as ATF Director

[RedRover]

Interesting.
Discuss.

Trump expected to name Kash Patel as acting ATF director: Sources

Donald Trump is expected to name FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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[1775usmc]

Get ready. He does not play around.

 

[RedRover]

Get ready. He does not play around.

He's going to be wearing two hats.

 

[1775usmc]

He's going to be wearing two hats.

I guess we will see. I'm excited he got confirmed.

Out of all Trump's appointees I am the most excited about him.

 

[po18guy]

A lways B een C orrupt news? Here is a better, legal explanation from a pro-gun attorney of what will occur.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogtzL-6PoFE

 

[2nd Amendment]

He should be a huge improvement over the previous administration's pick.

 

[2nd Amendment]

Interesting.
Discuss.

Trump expected to name Kash Patel as acting ATF director: Sources

Donald Trump is expected to name FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

This is why voting matters. Not voting because no candidate is perfect is not an option if you want to maintain your rights. Voting for a nearly perfect 3rd party candidate who can't win is not an option if you want to maintain your rights. The "antis" are in it for the long run - they will never give up trying to take away our rights - and not just gun rights, but all the others as well.

 

[2nd Amendment]

I guess we will see. I'm excited he got confirmed.

Out of all Trump's appointees I am the most excited about him.

Yup, and Trump has several other good ones as well. I hope they put Brandon Herrera in as ATF director eventually.

 

[1775usmc]

Yup, and Trump has several other good ones as well. I hope they put Brandon Herrera in as ATF director eventually.

Not a fan of Pam Bondi. Atleast her antigun/pro red flag history. Maybe she has changed though. Time will tell.

 

[RVTECH]

Won't he have his hands full with the FBI?

 

[RedRover]

If it is only going to be a temporary position for Patel.
Perhaps the AK Guy could take over the helm.
A guy can dream.

 

[TTSX]

Who?

 

[Ura-Ki]

Think BIG here folks, this is flat out Genius, Kash Patel is already confirmed by congress, so no drama there! Second, he is already in position to take things over when they get rid of the ATF and fold what's left over into the FBI, which puts Kash in the perfect position to dismantle it!



As to Pam Bondi, you need to remember ONE thing about her: As Attorney General of the State of Florida, her JOB was to vigorously support and enforce state laws, weather or not she her self believes in it or not, she cannot allow herself to become personally vested in those things, she was only doing her job!
Moving forward, She is now doing exactly what her new Boss, Mr. Donald J, Trump President of the United States of America has ordered her to do, she took the job after talking it through with him at length, she knew full well what he would be asking her to do, and to defend, and she agreed to take it anyway, SO,..........

 

[1775usmc]

Think BIG here folks, this is flat out Genius, Kash Patel is already confirmed by congress, so no drama there! Second, he is already in position to take things over when they get rid of the ATF and fold what's left over into the FBI, which puts Kash in the perfect position to dismantle it!



As to Pam Bondi, you need to remember ONE thing about her: As Attorney General of the State of Florida, her JOB was to vigorously support and enforce state laws, weather or not she her self believes in it or not, she cannot allow herself to become personally vested in those things, she was only doing her job!
Moving forward, She is now doing exactly what her new Boss, Mr. Donald J, Trump President of the United States of America has ordered her to do, she took the job after talking it through with him at length, she knew full well what he would be asking her to do, and to defend, and she agreed to take it anyway, SO,..........

Only time will tell. I hope you're right though.

 

[titsonritz]

Think BIG here folks, this is flat out Genius, Kash Patel is already confirmed by congress, so no drama there! Second, he is already in position to take things over when they get rid of the ATF and fold what's left over into the FBI, which puts Kash in the perfect position to dismantle it!..

Was thinking the same thing.

 

[CamoDeafie]

they get rid of the ATF and fold what's left over into the FBI, which puts Kash in the perfect position to dismantle it!

Feeling cynical here. I do not think Congress will allow NFA, GCA, FOPA Hughes Amendment to be repealed, even in sections. Also don't think Congress will allow the ATF to be dismantled/disbanded.

As long as the Senate Committee on Finance (including the Subcommittee on Taxation) have a significant number of anti-gun politicians, or at least politicians who have voted against the 2A in the past... Nothing is going to happen regarding NFA bills.

We don't even have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate thats pro2A. Anti2A, there seems to be an easy filibuster-proof majority due to a significant number of GOP Senators who voted to fund the ATF to deputize local/county LEOs in 2A Sanctuary States and voted to have the DOJ investigate every NICS Denial as a criminal investigation.

 

[gmerkt]

Feeling cynical here. I do not think Congress will allow NFA, GCA, FOPA Hughes Amendment to be repealed, even in sections. Also don't think Congress will allow the ATF to be dismantled/disbanded.

This is what I wonder about. Do executive orders trump (pun intended) acts of Congress? Just today I read online where Trump / Musk team of dismantlers are considering revoking the US Postal Service status as a semi-independent government corporation and reinstating it as a cabinet department. Back in 1970 when the Nixon administration and Congress made the change the other way around, it was a very big deal that took a lot of heavy lifting in Congress. Can these things legally be undone with an executive order?

 

[Provincial]

I think Trump is taking symbolic actions. What he is trying to do is whip up public support for the changes so the House will include them in the funding legislation. Then the Senate can confirm them during Reconciliation without having to use Cloture (60 votes to proceed), thus preventing them from dying in the Senate.

 

[Cavedweller]

Kash Patel is already confirmed by congress, so no drama there! Second, he is already in position to take things over when they get rid of the ATF and fold what's left over into the FBI, which puts Kash in the perfect position to dismantle it!

That would be my guess. There may be some sort of consolidation in the offing, rather than out and out abolition.

This is what I wonder about. Do executive orders trump (pun intended) acts of Congress? Just today I read online where Trump / Musk team of dismantlers are considering revoking the US Postal Service status as a semi-independent government corporation and reinstating it as a cabinet department. Back in 1970 when the Nixon administration and Congress made the change the other way around, it was a very big deal that took a lot of heavy lifting in Congress. Can these things legally be undone with an executive order?

Article 2 gives the President sole authority over the executive branch. We all know that Congress, through legislation, has usurped all kinds of powers reserved for the states or the people (10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.) This may set up some interesting Supreme Court cases as to just how much of this bloated federal government we are forced to pay for is actually constitutional.

 

[arakboss]

That is great news. Hopefully that means the new ATF policy of going after private sellers will be sidelined.