Biden ATF director Steven Dettelbach giggled Friday as he was presented with an 80-percent lower for an AR-15 as a parting gift following his resignation.
Ironically, Dettelbach and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) classified 80 percent frames as “firearms” during the Biden years, mandating that everyday Americans undergo a background check to acquire them, just as one must undergo a background check for an actual firearm.
Dettelbach was handed an 80-percent frame as a parting gift Friday and he giggled out loud as he was told his did not need to be “traced” or “registered.”
🚨BREAKING🚨
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) January 10, 2025
ATF Director Steve Dettelbach giggles as he receives an 80% AR-15 lower receiver as a retirement gift—potentially violating several federal & D.C. laws.
An agent jokes that the 80% is untraceable & unregistered.🤯 We really can't make this up pic.twitter.com/9fs02Ypx8D
On Dettelbach’s watch, the ATF has unilaterally enacted numerous gun controls via regulatory action. In addition to the 80-percent frame rule, the ATF outlawed AR-pistols with stabilizer braces, and put universal style background checks in place, going so far as to require smugglers to get a NICS check on their firearms.
Some of the above-listed controls, and others, have been blocked by District or Circuit courts.
Dettelbach tendered his resignation effective January 18, 2025, two days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The Firearms Policy Coalition reacted to Dettelbach’s resignation with a post on X, which said, “ICYMI [in case you missed it]: ATF Director Steve Dettelbach has tendered his resignation, effective Jan 18th. It’s a great start to 2025.”
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) also cheered Dettelbach’s pending departure. Its chairman Alan Gottlieb said, “That’s one less person Trump will have to fire after he takes office, and it is one less gun prohibition lobbyist on the government payroll.”
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