Patel was sworn in Friday as FBI director after winning Senate approval despite Democrats’ concerns about the steadfast Trump ally’s plans to radically overhaul the FBI.

ATF is a separate agency with about 5,500 employees and is responsible for enforcing the nation’s laws around firearms, explosives and arson. Among other things, it’s in charge of licensing federal firearms dealers, tracing guns used in crimes and analyzing intelligence in shooting investigations.

other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.

In an executive order earlier this month, President Donald Trump directed the attorney general to review all actions taken by the Biden administration around firearms “to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens.”

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      He looks like he trusted a fart but shit himself, you know he just shit himself, you’re asking him if he just shit himself, and he’s telling you he didn’t just shit himself.

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    Throw him in a blender and turn him into automatic transmission fluid. That’s the only kind of ATF he can be any good at.

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    Jesus Christ, if any of what his wiki page says is true, I wouldn’t hire this guy to be my gardener!

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      Are you kidding? I would absolutely hire this guy to be my gardener.

      (I have recently planted a large crop of Dendrocnide moroides)

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        Oh, you devil, you!

        Maybe I would hire him for a poison ivy garden! 😂

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      The GOA backs him and given his speech at their conference I’m willing to bet he isn’t keen on doing that.

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      Of course they will, they’ll do it in the name of removing guns from “undocumented immigrants” and “gang members”.

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    So do you think he’s going to relax federal gun laws? Then it’ll be up to the states. Or do you think they’ll challenge the states’ laws too?

    Asking for a friend.

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      The speculation I’m hearing is that he can’t legally shut down the ATF but he is in favor of getting rid of anything that would make 2A a privilege instead of a right.