ATF director going bye-bye

Ryanxia · Mar 23, 2015

Well that was short lived.

http://www.atf.gov/content/atf-announces-b-todd-jones-depart

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B. Todd Jones, the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), today announced he will depart to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Jones’s resignation becomes effective March 31.

Just thought it was interesting and I'd share. I wonder who will take his place.

joem1945 · Mar 23, 2015

Good riddance and a hope many more of O'slimey's followers to be shown the door or street.

ku4hx · Mar 23, 2015

And ... it's back on in a "new" form.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/its-back-dems-to-push-bullet-ban/article/2561494

Never think you can rest on a single victory.

Ryanxia · Mar 23, 2015

ku4hx said:
And ... it's back on in a "new" form.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/its-back-dems-to-push-bullet-ban/article/2561494

Never think you can rest on a single victory.

Ya, that's being discussed in Activism but really doesn't have anything to do with the ATF. Just another congresscritter push that will die a quiet death.

natman · Mar 23, 2015

Don't let the revolving door hit your butt on the way out....

Thermactor · Mar 23, 2015

I made a thread about this topic,
I don't know what happened to it? it disappeared

bannockburn · Mar 23, 2015

Just Washington D.C.'s version of "Musical chairs" combined with "Tag...you're it!"; except in these cases no one really loses their chair, typically resurfacing at some other Federal agency or else they end up getting some lucrative position in the private sector.

Skribs · Mar 23, 2015

The problem isn't the director, it's the whole bureau

Blackbeard · Mar 23, 2015

Is he being ushered out because he caved on the M855 ban?

JSH1 · Mar 23, 2015

Blackbeard said:
Is he being ushered out because he caved on the M855 ban?

I doubt it. He has been acting director since 2011. Maybe almost 4 years is long enough to work for low pay in a government job.

No doubt the NFL pays better than the Feds. Considering that he already had a job lined up when he announced his resignation I suspect he left on his own.

carbine85 · Mar 23, 2015

[QUOTEThe problem isn't the director, it's the whole bureau[/QUOTE]
It starts with the director. The whole thing needs to be shaked up. It needs to be reworked from the top down. The AFT, IRS, and EPA have way too much power over us.

Skribs · Mar 23, 2015

That's my point. ATF getting a new director doesn't fix the problem. Abolishing ATF will. All they really worry abiut anymore is firearms, and that's not something I want a government agency worrying about.

stonecutter2 · Mar 23, 2015

Skribs said:
That's my point. ATF getting a new director doesn't fix the problem. Abolishing ATF will. All they really worry abiut anymore is firearms, and that's not something I want a government agency worrying about.

Then how will firearm sales work, if no one is trying to verify if the attempted purchaser should legally be allowed to purchase a firearm? No ATF, no 4473.

HorseSoldier · Mar 23, 2015

They're just accessing a database on sale decisions. More the clerks and admin types who do that to DOJ, FBI, whoever. We really could probably reduce overhead dramatically by consolidating federal law enforcement into 2-3 agencies instead of the sprawling mess we have now anyway.

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