{"id":45356,"date":"2022-04-22T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=45356"},"modified":"2022-04-22T08:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:39:35","slug":"is-this-an-indication-of-things-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=45356","title":{"rendered":"Is This An Indication Of Things To Come?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, NewsMax<\/a> reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives acting Director Marvin Richardson is being demoted.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino will replace Richardson, multiple sources told The Reload<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…”The news that he was being replaced came as a shock to most of us within the agency,” one ATF official told The Reload.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources told The Reload that Richardson’s demotion likely resulted from perceptions inside the administration that he was too friendly toward the gun industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This administration has some very strong opinions on guns,” a source told The Reload. “They may have some distaste with that. So, bringing in [Restaino] kind of negates that.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The move comes after a recent New York Times<\/a> article featured complaints from gun-control activists that Richardson was “an industry-friendly subordinate pumping the brakes” on President Joe Biden’s progressive gun-control initiatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richardson, a veteran of more than 30 years with ATF, is being moved out of the acting director position months before a permanent director might be confirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On April 11, Biden announced he was nominating former federal prosecutor Steve Dettelbach to run ATF. Administration officials acknowledge Dettelbach faces long odds in the Senate largely because gun-rights groups routinely oppose any nominee for the agency who regulates guns, CNN<\/a> reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

“A lot of the tips that we would get on illegal firearms activity from straw purchasers to traffickers came from dealers,” the source told The Reload. “The reality is just a very, very small percentage of gun dealers are bad. So, those partnerships are important, and Marvin really did a great job at nurturing those relationships.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The fact that he has those relationships may not have sat well with the current administration. And I’m sure that that might’ve helped them push him out.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

While one ATF source told The Reload that Richardson’s demotion was met with disappointment by many of the staff, another source said, “As a person, he was very well-liked. Marvin is a nice guy, but he’s not a strong leader.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Restaino spent 18 years as an assistant U.S. attorney before being confirmed as the U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The impact of this decision will be less tips from dealers about illegal firearms activity. This will result in a further uptick in gun violence which the administration will use to justify attempts to disarm Americans. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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