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Does Chipman have the votes to become the next ATF director? (Photo: Screengrab<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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President Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to head the bureau that has regulatory authority over the firearm industry admitted to the U.S. Senate he would ban firearms over enforcing laws a week ago and the question lingers. Does David Chipman have the votes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s where it stands now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chipman, who until recently was a lobbyist for Giffords gun control group, was nomination by President Biden to be the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). He faced withering questions from Republican senators for his past statements, testimony and his acrimony toward gun owners. He largely spent the hearing attempting to explain away how public statements he made to media were taken out of context and admitting to wanted to ban rifles that he couldn\u2019t clearly define.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearing was a chance for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to gain a sense if he\u2019s fit for the job. The ATF director role is a Senate-confirmed position, part of the Senate\u2019s \u201cadvise and consent power\u201d for key political appointees to public positions. Chipman\u2019s nominated must first be voted on by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which hasn\u2019t yet set a date for the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Procedures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are a couple of ways forward. First, the committee doesn\u2019t have to set a date for a vote. That could be a signal from the committee to The White House that the nomination is doomed. President Donald Trump nominated Chuck Canterbury for the same position and his nomination was never considered by the committee and eventually withdrawn by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s an unlikely scenario here. President Biden is being pressured by gun control groups, including Giffords and Everytown for whom he also lobbied, to push Chipman\u2019s nomination through. Giffords began lobbying the White House to appoint Chipman almost immediately after the election last November. There\u2019s nothing more these antigun groups would like to see than a figurehead that would slash and burn the firearm industry. That would suggest that senators on the committee will have to cast their votes. With the Senate split 50-50, the committees are also split 50-50. That could mean Chipman\u2019s nomination could end up in a tie in the committee but that wouldn\u2019t end his nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Senate\u2019s power sharing agreement<\/a><\/strong> would mean that should Chipman\u2019s nomination end in a tie at Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) would be required to transmit a notice of the tie to the Secretary of the Senate. That would allow Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to make a \u201cmotion to discharge\u201d the nomination from the committee, allowing all senators to vote on whether the full Senate should consider the nomination. That could be a litmus test as to where Senators would eventually vote, but not necessarily. If the motion to discharge passes, the nomination would then immediately be put on the Senate calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That would mean Chipman\u2019s nomination would require 50 votes, plus one. Given the Senate is split evenly, this would mean Vice President Harris would be the tie-breaking vote. Obviously, if given the chance, she would vote to confirm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Brokers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

That makes knowing where the senators stand critical to protecting the firearm industry and the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican senators largely grilled Chipman on his support<\/a><\/strong> for banning AR-15 rifles, denigrating<\/a><\/strong> gun owners, admitting<\/a><\/strong> he thought law-abiding gun owners are potential criminals and his support of making it more difficult and costly for gun owners to protect their hearing. He also was taken to task for his support for a ban on any rifle with a detachable magazine with a chambering larger than .22-caliber only to later admit<\/a><\/strong> the firearm industry doesn\u2019t market anything called an \u201cassault rifle.\u201d He told the senators he wants to ban so-called \u201cassault rifles\u201d but couldn\u2019t define<\/strong><\/a> what that is and later contradicted his own previous Congressional testimony where he said he wanted to expand<\/a><\/strong> the National Firearms Act, not just enforce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That leaves senators outside the committee as the real question mark. So far, they\u2019re staying mum. Chief among them might be Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) Sen. Manchin is one of the few moderate Democrats left and is already catching the ire<\/strong><\/a> of The White House for bucking the party line on other issues. West Virginia has a strong gun rights tradition, making him a key vote to protect Second Amendment rights. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is a known moderate and a key vote<\/strong><\/a> in Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation. Her vote will be critical here too. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted<\/a><\/strong> \u201cpresent\u201d on Justice Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation, but with slim margins in the Senate, Alaskans will be looking to her to protect their gun rights. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is under pressure on Chipman\u2019s vote. Montana Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a<\/strong> letter<\/strong><\/a> signed by 21 Republican state attorneys general urging a \u201cno\u201d vote on Chipman and reminded Sen. Tester that Montana expects him to protect gun rights. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is in a unique position. Like Sen. Manchin, she\u2019s been singled out by President Biden for her independent streak. Chipman once collected a paycheck from Arizona\u2019s Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who leads the Giffords gun control group with his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let Them Know<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

These are the senators that need to hear from their constituents. There\u2019s nothing more effective than voters reaching out directly to their elected officials and informing them of their stance. It\u2019s easy as clicking here<\/a>,<\/strong> calling the Senate switchboard and asking to be connected to the senator that needs to hear from you. These senators are crucial to ensuring that special interest gun control doesn\u2019t take the helm of the ATF and politicize the bureau that regulates the firearm industry. This would be putting the fox in charge of guarding the henhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Keane <\/strong>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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