DETTELBACH DEPARTING ATF; The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms 2 January, 2025 BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering the announced departure of Steven Dettelbach as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and is urging incoming President Donald Trump to appoint someone who will “run the agency, not politicize it.”
Dettelbach submitted his letter of resignation Dec. 20, and it becomes effective Jan. 18, just two days before Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. President.