Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Bill to Abolish the ATF

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) introduced a bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

The bill is HR 129 and it comes at a time when Republicans are just weeks away from serving in the House, Senate and White House.

News week noted that Boebert’s push to eliminate the agency is the latest in a series of Republican pushes to see the agency dismantled.

For example, in November 2024, Rep. Eric Burlison (R) called for the agency to be abolished as well.

On November 25, 2024, Breitbart News reported that Burlison told FOX News that the ATF was “a disaster.”

He said: “For several decades, they have been a disaster management agency (that has) violated the Second Amendment. »

The ATF issued numerous rules during the Biden/Harris administration, one of which criminalized owners of legally purchased AR pistol stabilizing devices. Another ATF rule states that 80 percent of complete gun mounts are firearms and therefore can only be acquired through a background check. Another ATF rule bypassed Congress via new regulations against private gun sales.

On January 2, 2024, Breitbart News highlighted that Biden’s ATF director, Steven Dettelbach, submitted his resignation effective January 18, 2025, two days before Trump took back the White House.

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Chairman Alan Gottlieb welcomed the resignation, saying, “That’s one less person Trump will have to fire after he takes office, and that’s a lobbyist less for gun prohibition on the government payroll. »

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