{"id":214887,"date":"2025-04-10T13:57:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=214887"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:00:30","slug":"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">1<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minute<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tides have officially turned in Washington, and for once, they\u2019re shifting in favor of the Second Amendment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In two major moves this week, the Trump administration made clear it\u2019s not playing defense when it comes to your right to keep and bear arms\u2014it&#8217;s going on offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Major Shakeup at ATF.  Is This Good for Gun Owners?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVxSRLWNMZ8?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<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-driscoll-tapped-to-lead-atf-ending-era-of-weaponized-bureaucracy\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\" data-level=\"2\">Driscoll Tapped to Lead ATF, Ending Era of Weaponized Bureaucracy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-doj-s-gloves-are-off-bondi-forms-second-amendment-task-force\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\" data-level=\"2\">DOJ\u2019s Gloves Are Off: Bondi Forms Second Amendment Task Force<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-a-new-day-for-the-second-amendment\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\" data-level=\"2\">A New Day for the Second Amendment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-driscoll-tapped-to-lead-atf-ending-era-of-weaponized-bureaucracy\"><strong>Driscoll Tapped to Lead ATF, Ending Era of Weaponized Bureaucracy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump has appointed Daniel P. Driscoll as Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), signaling a dramatic course correction for the agency that\u2019s spent the past four years under fire for overreach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driscoll, who also serves as Secretary of the Army, steps in following Acting Director <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/kash-takes-over-atf-what-it-means-for-suppressors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">Kash Patel\u2019s<\/a> short but impactful tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawrence Keane, Senior VP and General Counsel for the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-hails-final-rule-rolling-back-biden-era-export-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"744\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a> (NSSF), called the appointment \u201cindicative of [Trump&#8217;s] resolve to bring reform to the ATF and protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/guide-to-buying-second-hand-handguns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">Guide to Buying Second-Hand Handguns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s music to the ears of gun owners still reeling from Biden-era rules, like the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/doj-atf-ditch-zero-tolerance-and-reconsider-two-major-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">zero-tolerance<\/a>\u201d policy that punished FFLs for minor paperwork errors and the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/atf-says-all-braced-pistols-are-sbrs-in-violation-of-the-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">brace ban<\/a> that tried to criminalize millions overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSSF emphasized that the firearm industry is ready to work with Driscoll to do what the ATF should\u2019ve been doing all along: focusing on violent crime and illegal trafficking\u2014not harassing lawful gun owners and retailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-doj-s-gloves-are-off-bondi-forms-second-amendment-task-force\"><strong>DOJ\u2019s Gloves Are Off: Bondi Forms Second Amendment Task Force<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AG Bondi announces Second Amendment task force to defend gun rights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pnarxMqeqwg?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>But that\u2019s not all. In a memo that\u2019s already making waves, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the creation of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5240581-doj-second-amendment-task-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">Second Amendment Task Force<\/a> inside the Department of Justice. And this isn\u2019t just a feel-good PR stunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bondi\u2019s memo flat-out states: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFor too long, the Second Amendment, which establishes the fundamental individual right of Americans to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/appeals-court-non-serious-convictions-not-permanently-erase-right-keep-bear-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"745\">keep and bear arms<\/a>, has been treated as a second-class right. No more\u2026 President Trump has made protecting the Second Amendment rights a priority for this administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan Gottlieb, Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), called it \u201cthe news we\u2019ve been waiting for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to have a Department of Justice defending Second Amendment rights,\u201d he added, \u201cinstead of attacking them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The task force will be chaired by Bondi herself and include reps from the FBI, ATF, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Division, and others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its mission? To advance and defend the Second Amendment through litigation, policy, and compliance enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attorney General Bondi&#39;s memo regarding the creation of a Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n8cXKKdj50\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">https:\/\/t.co\/n8cXKKdj50<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vsGVBYTJeO\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">pic.twitter.com\/vsGVBYTJeO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunpolicy\/status\/1909994638708003220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trump-shakes-up-atf-creates-new-task-force\" title=\"Trump Shakes Up ATF, Creates New Task Force\">April 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-new-day-for-the-second-amendment\"><strong>A New Day for the Second Amendment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Between Driscoll\u2019s appointment and the launch of the DOJ\u2019s 2A Task Force, the message is clear: this administration isn\u2019t just restoring your rights\u2014it\u2019s reinforcing them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After four years of bureaucratic chokeholds, firearm owners now have real backing in D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The war on gun owners didn\u2019t start overnight, and it won\u2019t end with one press release. 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