On Tuesday, a group of 20 Republican attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leadership opposing President Joe Biden’s nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), David Chipman.
According to the letter, which the Daily Caller first obtained, the attorneys general are concerned about Chipman’s past as a gun control advocate. Per a report from The Daily Wire, Champan previously worked for the gun control organizations Everytown for Gun Safety and Giffords as a registered lobbyist. In those roles he advocated for a number of key anti-Second Amendment pieces of legislation, including an Assault Weapons Ban, implementation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (commonly referred to as “red flag laws”), a ban on bump stocks, and against concealed carry reciprocity (where concealed carry permits are recognized in all 50 states). Early on in the COVID lockdown, the ATF nominee also advocated for firearms dealers not to be classified as “essential businesses.”
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