The U.S. Senate has confirmed Robert Cekada as the new permanent director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a bipartisan 59-39 vote, marking the first confirmation of an ATF director nominated by a Republican president.
As expected, gun control advocates wasted no time exploiting the failed assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to demand more restrictions, even though the suspect legally purchased his firearms in deep-blue California.