David Chipman knows a thing or two about guns. The Michigan native worked as an agent and official at the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Detroit and elsewhere for 25 years, ...

The president-elect has denounced the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and said he would roll back some of its policies when he takes office.

President Joe Biden initially selected former ATF agent and gun control advocate David Chipman for the job but withdrew the nomination amid opposition from gun rights groups. From 2009 to 2016 ...

“ATF can say all they want about fighting violent ... The Biden administration withdrew its first pick to serve in the post — David Chipman — after bipartisan pushback over his gun-control ...

“The privacy rights of the gun owner have trumped my right not to get shot in the head,” David Chipman, senior policy advisor for the gun control group Giffords, tells sta tion WTSP. “When you see the ...