[Opinion] ATF Ditches ‘Zero Tolerance,’ Turns Page to New Era

ATF Ditches ‘Zero Tolerance,’ Turns Page to New Era

Opinion By Larry Keane ATF Building Washington DC, IMG Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The punishing era of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) “Zero Tolerance” policy is over. Gone are the days of a presidential administration wielding the bureau as a hammer against an industry it politically disfavored. The ATF is returning to its role to combat violent crime and i…

ATF Changes Course, Announces Policy Changes under Trump Admin - Liberty Park Press

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives national headquarters. (Photo from licensed Shutterstock account, courtesy Lee Williams.) In what some might consider a remarkable about-face, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has announced a series of policy changes which amount as a slap in the face to the Biden administration. That much is underscored in the first paragraph of the ATF announcement, which bluntl…

ATF pledges reform, distances itself from Biden-Harris era

A headline on the website of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives appeared late in the day May 21: “ATF Launches New Era of Reform.” According to the accompanying announcement: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is ushering in a new chapter—marked by transparency, accountability, and partnership with the firearms industry. This is not the same ATF of the last four years. We are fundamentally changing…