I read this as an effort to shore up support for President Trump’s ATF nominee against criticisms from within the gun rights movement. The nominee is Chuck Canterbury, currently the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. As FOP president, for instance, Mr. Canterbury wrote a letter to Senator Leahy in 2013 (PDF) calling for “expansion of background checks on firearm purchasers.”
I read this as an effort to shore up support for President Trump’s ATF nominee against criticisms from within the gun rights movement. The nominee is Chuck Canterbury, currently the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police. As FOP president, for instance, Mr. Canterbury wrote a letter to Senator Leahy in 2013 (PDF) calling for “expansion of background checks on firearm purchasers.”
Here are links to some of those criticisms:
https://gunowners.org/alert53019/
https://nationalgunrights.org/resources/news/breaking-news-anti-gunner-nominated-as-next-atf-director/
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2019/05/29/further-fisking-of-chuck-canterburys-second-amendment-credentials/