{"id":164437,"date":"2022-05-31T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=164437"},"modified":"2022-05-31T18:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:46:06","slug":"in-nomination-hearing-atf-director-candidate-affirms-ill-use-the-tools-congress-gives-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/in-nomination-hearing-atf-director-candidate-affirms-ill-use-the-tools-congress-gives-me\/","title":{"rendered":"In Nomination Hearing, ATF Director Candidate Affirms: &#8216;I&#8217;ll use the tools Congress Gives Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ATF Director nominee Steven Dettelbach testifies before Congress\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZPTBblVinA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s second nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Steve Dettelbach, answered questions from U.S. Senators in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The hearing was held in the shadow of the incomprehensible tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president\u2019s first nominee, David Chipman, was forced to withdraw his nomination after his record and questions about professional conduct led even Senate Democrats to reject him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dettelbach, a former U.S. Attorney in Ohio, answered questions during the three-hour hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Zero Tolerance\u2019 Policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>During the committee hearing, Dettelbach was asked pointed questions about how he would lead the agency that oversees and regulates federal firearms licensees (FFLs), the firearm retailers in communities across the country. Those retailers are very often the first line of defense against would-be criminals attempting to purchase firearms, as well as offering tips to local ATF agents to help keep neighborhoods safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dettelbach largely kept his answers focused on four main themes, including; the importance of partnering with state and local law enforcement; vowing to stay above politics; strong and fair law enforcement; and using the tools that Congress gives him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several questions for Dettelbach related to President Biden\u2019s announced \u201cZero Tolerance Policy\u201d against firearm retailers the president considers \u201crogue.\u201d Firearm retailers that \u201cwillfully\u201d transfer a firearm to a prohibited individual should be held accountable. The firearm industry agrees \u2013 it always has \u2013 and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) asked Dettelbach about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast June, the president announced that the ATF would be going after \u2018rogue\u2019 gun dealers who \u2018willfully\u2019 violate the law with a zero-tolerance policy,\u201d Sen. Grassley said. \u201cYou\u2019ll be in charge of overseeing this policy if confirmed. Define rogue gun dealer for me. Can you tell me what counts as a willful violation? Would it include a clerical error that would have historically been treated with a warning?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dettelbach explained, \u201cThe key to enforcement programs, it has to be fair, it has to be consistent, and it has to be effective,\u201d he said. \u201cAs a lawyer, the word willful implies something more than an inadvertent error. It implies an intentional misstatement. I have\u2026 communicated with people who represent and who are in the industry. And I would commit\u2026 to continue doing that, to hear all perspectives to be a fair regulator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Grassley finished by asking Dettelbach about the proactive approach to keeping neighborhoods safe that firearm retailers often take, stating it is local retailers providing tips and information that lead to criminal prosecutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have been told by people I\u2019ve talked to in the run up to this hearing that it\u2019s often the ATF does get tips from people in the industry. I\u2019ll go through the ATF or the FBI or local police,\u201d Dettelbach explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cAssault Rifle\u201d Definition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden, Democrats in Washington, D.C., and national gun control groups continue to push for a renewed ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d their misleading terminology for semiautomatic centerfire Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs). More than 20 million MSRs are in circulation and the rifle has become dramatically more popular for recreational sport shooters, hunters and for owners who purchased the firearm for self and home defense. While ownership has greatly expanded, violent crime actually went down in the years following the expiration of the previous 10-year \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban, according to a report from the CDC. It said, \u201cthe Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), which also restricted magazine capacity, did not reduce crime rates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) keyed in on this and used time to question Dettelbach about his campaign for Ohio State Attorney General in 2018. Dettelbach supported a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and it earned him endorsements of gun control groups like Everytown for Gun Safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Cotton asked, \u201cWhat is an assault weapon? Could you define it for me?\u201d Dettelbach couldn\u2019t define the rifle he wants to ban. \u201cI did talk about restrictions on assault weapons. I did not define the term, and I haven\u2019t gone through the process of defining that term,\u201d he told Sen. Cotton. \u201cThat would only be for the Congress if it chose to take that up to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re running for public office and you called for a ban on assault weapons, but you don\u2019t have a definition for assault weapons? Is it because that there\u2019s really not a category of weapons known as assault weapons? I mean, there\u2019s rifles, there\u2019s shotguns, there\u2019s pistols,\u201d Sen. Cotton added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI acknowledge that\u2019s a very difficult issue. That is for this body to decide,\u201d Dettelbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Road Ahead<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>President Biden, senators and Members of Congress are anxious to \u201cdo something,\u201d about gun control. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) notified his colleagues they may vote on House-passed gun control bills upon returning to Washington, D.C. President Biden is feeling the heat from gun control groups and allies for his failure in getting more gun control passed already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indications are the Senate may give Dettelbach the nod. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who said he would not support Chipman in the first nomination process, has already come out in support of Dettelbach. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has again stated he will not blow up the filibuster to pass gun control, and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) have both remained open too, as well as a handful of swing Republican Senate votes. 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