This morning, The New York Times published an article about how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is troublingly close with the firearms industry, which it is solely responsible for regulating.
The article exposes that 65 ATF employees attended the annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas put on by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearms industry’s trade association. The article also revealed that, on average, about 55 staff members have attended the four-day event each year since 2015. The piece raises serious questions about the ties between the firearms industry and the ATF, an agency which is critical to executing the Biden-Harris Administration’s gun safety agenda.
In the wake of these revelations, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund today filed a FOIA request with the ATF requesting any and all records about the agency’s participation in the firearm industry’s annual trade show, as well as any communications between the ATF and NSSF broadly. A copy of the public records request submitted by Everytown to the ATF is available here.
If you’re interested in talking with an expert from Everytown for Gun Safety about immediate actions the Biden-Harris Administration and ATF can take, don’t hesitate to reach out.
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