A Year of Trump Has Stretched the ATF to Its Limits
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Budget cuts, a reallocation of resources to ICE, and rudderless leadership. The president has quickly upended the nation's top gun regulator.
The Trace Go beyond the headlines. Your weekly briefing on gun violence. Email Address The Weekly Briefing The Trajectory The Bulletin Data Hub Events Subscribe Share Copy link Share on Facebook Email a link to this page No federal agency has withered under President Donald Trump’s second term quite like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Before Trump took office, the nation’s long-beleaguered gun regulator was enjoying a resurgence. It had won small budget increases and ramped up enforcement of gun laws. A permanent director took over for just the second time in two deca
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