President Donald Trump has just nominated a new director for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Here\u2019s what leading Second Amendment advocate Alan Gottlieb has to say about the nomination:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is welcoming the nomination of Robert Cekada to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he currently serves as deputy director.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe recall when Mr. Cekada was named Deputy Director back in April that he received high praise from many in the firearms community,\u201d noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. \u201cHe brings considerable experience, along with what we believe are truly pro-Second Amendment views, which would be a delightful change from the previous administration.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cekada, who was nominated Wednesday by President Donald Trump, served previously as a special agent-in-charge of the Miami Field Division and the Baltimore Field Division. Prior to that he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Philadelphia, and resident Agent in Charge in Miami. More recently, he has served as the Executive Assistant Director \u2013 Operations, Office of the Director since September 2022, where he oversaw ATF’s Office of Regulatory Operations, Office of Field Operations, and the Office of Intelligence Operations, according to an online biography.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith these credentials,\u201d Gottlieb observed, \u201cMr. Cekada comes qualified to head the agency, which is changing its focus under the current administration. He has come up through the ranks, starting his career as a Special Agent in the Baltimore Field Division\u2019s Hyattsville II Field Office some 20 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHaving someone with his institutional knowledge taking the helm could be what the agency needs to straighten its course,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cWe will look forward to the confirmation process, where his views about gun ownership and the Second Amendment will be on full display.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Donald Trump has just nominated a new director for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Here\u2019s what leading Second Amendment advocate Alan Gottlieb has to say about the nomination: BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is welcoming the nomination of Robert Cekada to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9018,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9017\/revisions\/9018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}