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The ATF shouldn’t exist. But since it does, grab the popcorn and watch the confirmation hearing for its next would-be director.
Gun Owners of America
February 4, 2026
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During the confirmation hearing on February 7, the “would-be director” said this:
We’re not here trying to burden unnecessarily the American citizen, who has the complete right to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, and we will not be doing that in the future if I am so confirmed.
He is mouthing words which are better than the actions of the director during the Biden administration, but unless he is dismantling the firearms portion of the ATF the agency is always going to be an illegal “burden” (infringement) of the Second Amendment. 4473s and background checks were not part of the history and tradition of firearms regulation at the time of our country’s founding.
Still, we should take one step at a time and celebrate our victories. Having a better director than the last one is a step in the right direction and worthy of mild celebration. Always remember, Laugh, and the World Laughs with You. If nothing else keep in mind that if Robert Cekada is confirmed as director, the anti-gunners will be saddened and demoralized.
Who do you want enforcing the laws that remain after the ATF is eliminated. Every option I can think of is worse. Repeal the laws first, then disband the ATF as unnecessary.
Sorry, I only get a warm, fuzzy feeling over actions by government.
Not words.
And to say we’re not going to be “unnecessary burdening” us.
Doesn’t mean you’re not going to infringe on our human rights.
As the government considers all the infringements they have put in place on the average gun owner as totally “necessary”.
In short. What the government considers Unnecessary/necessary. Is completely different than what we deem those two things to be.
From the platitudes of MTHead we render this nugget:
“The constant in any and all government is politics. And politics is the polite term for liars, lying.”
And any director of a federal agency in America today is a politician.
But, like the Zen master said; “We’ll see.”
Absent the abolition of all Federal fireamrs laws, first things first- move ATF out of DOJ and back under Treasury. It’s a tax enforcement agency, not a law enforemenet agency.
Then disarm them.
They don’t need tactical teams to check that tax stamps have been applied to bottels of booze, packs of cigarettes, or look at an FFL’s paperwork.
Also, “temporarily” re-open the machine gun registry, a power that the Director of the ATF has.
All of that can be done without Congress, thus without delay.
Sadly, no Director can actually “end” the organization. That’s up to Congress or the Courts.
Talk is cheap. And since this is coming from a career bureaucrat it’s worthless….