Steven Dettelbach

ATF Director Struggles to Define “Engaged in the Business” Threshold During House Judiciary Hearing

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AWR Hawkins over at Breitbart is reporting that ATF Director Steven Dettelbach faced pointed questions from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) regarding the new universal background check rule during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday....

Just In Time for Memorial Day Cookouts: ATF Director Grilled at Congressional Hearing

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ATF agents cut off the electricity to Bryan Malinowski’s Little Rock home before executing their search warrant March 19. None of the agents wore body cameras, and they covered Malinowski’s doorbell camera with tape...
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GOP Senators Challenge Biden Administration’s ATF Rule on Gun Sales

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Republican Senators are pushing back against the Biden administration rule that broadens the definition of who must register as a federal firearms dealer, arguing it imposes unconstitutional restrictions on gun sales. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)...

Judge Fast-Tracks Review of ATF’s Universal Background Check Rule Amid Legal Challenge by GOA,...

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A federal judge has expedited the legal proceedings against a new rule by the ATF that mandates universal background checks on private firearm sales. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk’s decision on Friday...

ATF Likely to Dodge Accountability Bullet in Arkansas Shooting Death

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It appears no one will be held criminally accountable for ATF’s botched March 19 raid, during which 53-year-old Little Rock airport executive Bryan Malinowski was shot and killed in his own home. The post-shooting...
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Guns for Beginners: Is it a ‘Silencer’ or a ‘Suppressor?’

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(Editor's Note: This is a topic that comes up constantly among shooters, new and old, so we thought it was worth revisiting again here it TTAG with a rerun of this article that originally...

South Carolinian Faced 115 Years in Prison Until ATF Admitted They Got the Wrong...

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023, began just like any other workday for Bryan Montiea Wilson, a 33-year-old resident of West Columbia, South Carolina, who had never been in trouble with the law. At 6 a.m., Wilson...

DOJ, ATF Continue To Pile On With New Rulemaking

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Joe Biden seems to have been turned loose to make as many new restrictive gun laws as possible—Congress and American citizens be damned. Hot on the heels...

Ruby Ridge, Waco and Now Little Rock, But Arkansas AG Appears to Back Down...

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Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is the top law enforcement officer in the state, and he is ultimately responsible for safeguarding the lives and civil rights of the more than 3.5 million Arkansans who...
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Little Rock ATF Incident Update: Agents Were Not Wearing Body Cameras as per ATF...

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Arkansas Republican Senators Tom Cotton and John Boozman are pushing for answers about ATF’s March 19th SWAT raid, during which Little Rock Airport executive Bryan Malinowski was shot and killed in his own home. “The...
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Justice Department, ATF Issue Final Rule on What It Means to be “Engaged in...

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On the 31st anniversary of the Federal government's assault on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas, more questions are being asked about another gross case of government overreach regarding the botched March 19...

D.C. Police Department Draws ATF’s Ire Over Gun Transfers

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When gun-hating bureaucrats and politicians finally ran the last gun store in Washington, D.C., out of business back in 2020, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) took over the chore of transferring firearms. What happened...