Criteria for Truly pro-Second Amendment

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In his role as Deputy Director, we have worked closely with Robert Cekada to ensure law-abiding gun owners have a seat at the table in shaping policy.

If confirmed, he would be the first ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee to head the agency. By nominating an ATF Director who understands our community and respects our constitutional rights, President Trump and his administration are further underscoring their commitment to standing up for the Second Amendment and gun owners. We urge the Senate to confirm him without delay.

Knox Williams
President and executive director of the American Suppressor Association
November 20, 2025
What to know about Robert Cekada, Trump’s pick for next ATF director | Buckeye Firearms Association

Unless they can privatize the ATF and make it into a chain of convivence stores, I can’t consider anyone nominated to head the ATF to be “truly pro-Second Amendment.”

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  2. “Keane also emphasized that Cekada “respects the Second Amendment and understands that the firearm industry is not the ‘enemy’ but a valuable partner” in fighting violent crime. Keane noted that retailers are “on the front lines” of stopping illegal straw purchases and that Cekada has a long history of working directly with industry professionals to keep legal gun owners in compliance with the law.”

    Why do we need some government thug to keep “legal gun owners in compliance with the law”????? (especially when the law is illegal in the first place.) Well, because you can’t control criminals that’s why. Cekada has been at it his entire adult life and hasn’t stop much of it. So the only thing left to keep a job is to control you.
    Sorry, we’ve heard all the ra-ra speeches by government about respecting the 2A for what 100 years now?
    BS then, BS now.
    Government is govern-ment. They ain’t here to protect you or your rights. They’re there to enforce the law. There law. From whomever tells them to.
    And now were back to straw purchases being the big problem?
    Ya, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

    • “There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.” — Daniel Webster

  3. You’re right, Joe. Anyone appointed to head ATF with an agenda other than “close it all down” is an enemy of the Constitution.

  4. Crescent Oregon used to have an ATF store but the gun shop moved to a separate building on a side street and the liquor store closed or relocated to Gilchrist.
    On topic, the,ATF should be dissolved and the NFA, GCA etc. should be repealed. I gang members in Chicago have Glock switches why can’t we?

    • Criminals (and other prohibited persons) can’t be prosecuted under the NFA because of the 5th Amendment. In Haynes vs US (1968), it was held that the registration process (pursuant to the tax-paying) would be equivalent to a self-admission of a crime, and under the 5th, one cannot be compelled to testify against oneself nor punished for not doing so. You can prosecute a prohibited person for having a firearm, but you can’t ding him for not telling about it; you just have to catch them in the act to old-fashioned way.

      The only people that can be prosecuted under the NFA are people that can legally possess the item. Similarly, for all kinds of universal background check laws, permission to purchase requirements, FOID licenses…

      • There’s something fundamentally backward about laws that can only be used to prosecute the people least in need of prosecution.

        But that’s essentially how all administrative “gun control” laws work.

  5. There IS an ATF Convienence Store.
    It’s located east of Kingman, AZ.
    That’s also the location of MOA Targets.
    The owner is fantastic and you’ll not find a more staunch supporter of the 2A.

  6. I don’t think the ATF should be privatized. In fact, in the spirit of Mamdani, I think that the government should be selling guns, at greatly subsidized prices, and giving them away to those who can’t afford to buy them. I want to get my “ammo stamps” allotment every month to go pick out subsidized practice ammo.

    • As a libertarian, I am opposed in principle. As a pragmatic, I think it is a great negotiation tactic.

    • “The Congress shall have Power […] To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia….” — U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8 [emphasis mine]

      IANAL, but technically, it’s allowed.

  7. ~tongue-in-cheek~

    Well, the guy’s last name is encouraging, despite its unusual spelling. If ATF personnel only came out once every 17 years, I can see benefits from that.

    ~/tongue-in-cheek~

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