{"id":151220,"date":"2021-09-09T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=151220"},"modified":"2021-09-09T10:03:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:25:46","slug":"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman&#8217;s Nomination to Head ATF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chipman-law-abiding.jpg\" alt=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\" class=\"wp-image-145892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chipman-law-abiding.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chipman-law-abiding-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chipman-law-abiding-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chipman-law-abiding-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/nation-world\/story\/2021-09-09\/ap-source-biden-to-pull-nomination-of-gun-control-advocate-to-head-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\">Associated Press is reporting<\/a> that president Joe Biden is going to pull the nomination of David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chipman was picked specifically because he is a dogged advocate for tougher gun laws.  Chipman, a former ATF agent, currently serves as the senior policy advisor for the anti-gun organization&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/giffords.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\">Giffords<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from maybe Shannon Watts and Michael Bloomberg, the Biden Administration couldn\u2019t have selected a more anti-gun prospect for the position.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Letting Chipman run the ATF would be putting the proverbial fox in charge of the hen house. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details as to why the Biden administration is now nixing his nomination have yet to come to light. But to say that Chipman was a flawed candidate would be an understatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from fierce resistance from pro-gun GOP lawmakers, Chipman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bidens-nominee-for-atf-director-david-chipman-insults-gun-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\">insulted<\/a> gun owners, refused to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/senate-committee-splits-on-party-line-vote-over-david-chipman-bidens-atf-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\">define the term &#8220;assault weapons during a Senate committee hearing,&#8221;<\/a> allegedly said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ccrkba-demand-investigate-chipmans-alleged-racial-bias-or-drop-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\"> racist remarks about coworkers<\/a>, and may have even lost his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nra-ila-did-atf-nominee-david-chipman-lose-his-duty-firearm\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\"> duty gun while working for the agency<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, celebrated the news, crediting gun owners for getting involved to stop Chipman&#8217;s ascent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to thank every gun owner and concerned voter who contacted their Senators and helped us stop this dangerous nominee from being confirmed,&#8221; said Gottlieb in an email to GunsAmerica. This is a great grassroots victory for the Second Amendment. Gun rights lobby: 1, Biden gun ban lobby: 0!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side of the gun divide, Ms. Watts was clearly disappointed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The gun lobby and its allies will celebrate this decades-long refusal by some Senators to enforce gun laws, but President Biden is committed to gun safety, and nothing can stop our movement. Lives depend on it.<br \/><br \/>Activism is a marathon, not a sprint &#8211; but it\u2019s a race we\u2019ll win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tN00PhvtXU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\">pic.twitter.com\/tN00PhvtXU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonrwatts\/status\/1436024940428337177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-nixes-chipmans-nomination-to-head-atf\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Nixes Chipman's Nomination to Head ATF\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While it&#039;s disappointing that gun extremists &#8211; who represent a minority of Americans &#8211; continue to sabotage law enforcement and fuel our nation\u2019s gun violence crisis, they won&#039;t be able to stop the change that&#039;s inevitable. 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