Posted on 03/20/2015 11:06:48 AM PDT by jonatron
UPDATED: B. Todd Jones, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, confirmed this morning that he is leaving that post, nine days after a leading national gun rights organization called on him to step down or be fired primarily because of the controversy over the agency’s recent proposal to ban a popular type of ammunition for modern sport-utility rifles.
Jones, who is departing March 31, was appointed director of the scandal-plagued agency in 2013. Last week, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms called for his resignation or dismissal in the wake of a major debacle over a proposal to ban the M855 cartridge by changing its classification to an "armor piercing" round because it can also be used in certain handguns.
The proposal caused an uproar, and the ATF was deluged with more than 80,000 comments, most of them opposing the proposed ban. The agency has temporarily withdrawn the idea, but has not officially scrapped it.
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“This gives ATF another chance to clean up its act,” Gottlieb observed. “However, based on their past behavior, I still don’t have confidence that they will now suddenly improve their performance. That remains to be seen, and Congress needs to keep the agency on a tight leash.”
Jones became acting director of the agency in August 2011 at the height of the Fast and Furious scandal. A series of public hearings before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that revealed a horribly mismanaged operation resulting in the trafficking of an estimated 2,000 guns to Mexican criminal elements.
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“Jones became acting director of the agency in August 2011 at the height of the Fast and Furious scandal. A series of public hearings before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that revealed a horribly mismanaged operation resulting in the trafficking of an estimated 2,000 guns to Mexican criminal elements.”
It wasn’t mismanaged.
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This guy just got himself a cushy job with the NFL.
Thank you, I admire you also. Just don’t call me phoney, OK?
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