Biden withdraws pick to run firearms agency after NRA pressure
by Richard Luscombe from on (#5PBX6)
David Chipman is 25-year veteran of federal firearms agency
NRA hails withdrawal of nomination as critical win'
Joe Biden said in a Thursday afternoon statement that he was no longer proposing David Chipman, a 25-year veteran of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) who has worked to tighten gun laws, as the agency's next director, confirming an earlier Washington Post report.
The gun reform group Brady says Biden's decision to bow to National Rifle Association (NRA) pressure and withdraw his nominee, a strong gun control advocate, to lead the agency enforcing federal firearms laws is a shameful day for our country".
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