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  • Idaho senators block Bush's ATF pick

    12/13/2007 12:49:33 PM PST · by neverdem · 88 replies · 787+ views
    San Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | Dec. 12, 2007 | MATTHEW DALY
    Associated Press Idaho's senators are blocking President Bush's nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, saying the agency has become overly aggressive in enforcing gun laws. Republican Sens. Larry Craig and Mike Crapo placed separate holds on the nomination of federal prosecutor Michael Sullivan, the acting ATF director for more than a year. Crapo's spokesman, Lindsay Nothern, said the senator's office has heard from a number of gun dealers, gun owners and others in Idaho who "have concerns about ATF policies regarding gun sales and even (gun) ownership. Maybe the federal government is getting a little...