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Patel was sworn in Friday as FBI director after winning Senate approval despite Democrats' concerns about the steadfast Trump ally's plans to radically overhaul the FBI.

ATF is a separate agency with about 5,500 employees and is responsible for enforcing the nation's laws around firearms, explosives and arson. Among other things, it's in charge of licensing federal firearms dealers, tracing guns used in crimes and analyzing intelligence in shooting investigations.

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In an executive order earlier this month, President Donald Trump directed the attorney general to review all actions taken by the Biden administration around firearms “to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens.”

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago

FBI and ATF under one roof? Might as well rename it the Department of Overreach.

😺😺

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 days ago

Good gods I'm going to be using the hell out of this...

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Throw him in a blender and turn him into automatic transmission fluid. That's the only kind of ATF he can be any good at.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I dont think he would be good at that either. Bile is usually sticky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I know of an Australian who would be more than willing to abuse a car to see how well it would work.

[–] MegaUltraChicken 2 points 2 days ago

Well I think we outta cram his ass into some transmission lines to find out. For science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

He may be a bile sac, but the group glazing is beginning to run no matter how much he tries to blink it out of his eyes. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

that's one hell is an insult, bravo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Banana republic

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, if any of what his wiki page says is true, I wouldn't hire this guy to be my gardener!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Are you kidding? I would absolutely hire this guy to be my gardener.

(I have recently planted a large crop of Dendrocnide moroides)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Oh, you devil, you!

Maybe I would hire him for a poison ivy garden! 😂

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Lol Trump is going to take our guns, blame it on liberals, and MAGA will bend over and take it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

never trust someone with "crazy dead eyes look"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He looks like he trusted a fart but shit himself, you know he just shit himself, you're asking him if he just shit himself, and he's telling you he didn't just shit himself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

he looks like hes doesnt blink too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

But you'll fit right in with the rest of the party

[–] SoftestSapphic 3 points 1 day ago

I'm gonna go buy extra ammo and another rifle

Thanks for reminding me Kash

[–] HappySkullsplitter 14 points 2 days ago

Good thing he has that 2 months of somewhat related experience

He's gonna need it

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

“We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong.”

[–] PattyMcB 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

SERIOUSLY? I'll bet this fucker tries to gut 2A, too

[–] Arbiter 5 points 2 days ago

Of course they will, they’ll do it in the name of removing guns from “undocumented immigrants” and “gang members”.

[–] FireTower 2 points 2 days ago

The GOA backs him and given his speech at their conference I'm willing to bet he isn't keen on doing that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Head of the FBI, ATF, & DEI

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So do you think he's going to relax federal gun laws? Then it'll be up to the states. Or do you think they'll challenge the states' laws too?

Asking for a friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The speculation I'm hearing is that he can't legally shut down the ATF but he is in favor of getting rid of anything that would make 2A a privilege instead of a right.