A spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation explains why change is sorely needed in the troubled government agency.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) hasn’t had the greatest year.
The agency has seen all sorts of pushback from gun groups surrounding its attempts to pass gun restrictions at the request of President Joe Biden, angering thousands of private gun owners across the United States.
But it took a step too far when it raided the home of gun owner Mark “Choppa” Manley,undeservedly bursting into his home and attempting to charge his family, despite their innocence.
According to a follow-up piece from Second Amendment Foundation spokesman Lee Williams, there have been no arrests made over the botched raid, though Special Agent Katie Rottman, who works in the city of Baltimore, insists that an investigation is ongoing.
This is the latest in a series of raids that the ATF made huge errors with, and 2025 could be the year that it faces a reshuffling for the better. It’s already been confirmed that head Steven Dettelbach will depart the agency, and all eyes are on incoming President Donald Trump to see who he will appoint to replace him.
A spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation joins us now to discuss the situation further, and what we can expect from a potentially new ATF.
Q&A:
- What are your thoughts on the ATF’s actions surrounding these botched raids?
- What is probably the worst thing that the agency gets wrong when it comes to executing these raids?
- What do you think will become of Manley’s case in particular? Do you believe any arrests will be made?
- We see that Dettelbach is departing the ATF. Who do you think Trump should assign to head up the agency?
- What do you think needs to happen to the ATF as a whole in an effort to improve them?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation?
a. You can visit our official website at http://www.saf.org.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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