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  Share Source: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Joe Biden's nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), David Chipman, will not be dragged onto the Hill again for another round of questioning following some serious allegations of racism. There are other issues as well, including whether this man will be effective as the head of this agency. The rank-and-file are concerned about stopping illegal guns, not enforcing a left-wing, anti-Second Amendment campaign, which Stephen Gutowski of The Reload reported. He added that Chipman would denigrate black ATF agents who we...

Is going on and i'm proud of them. >> you feel that the way the kids have taken this on is creating more political oxygen or room for you? >> look, for 25 years as an agent, hi to keep my mouth shut about the realities i saw every day. and now here i'm being invited here and i get to work for gabby giffords an mark kelly and working with peers of mine and we're speaking truth to power and yeah, these kids have called us all out to say, hey, time with being nice and careful, speak truth and speak it real and i think that is what we saw today and i'm fired up by these kids and i'll continue to l...

Lawfully in charge of regulating guns and related issue, the atf. new york times reported the nra has lobbied against the atf nominated directors and restricted the money for that agency and kneecaped the power to do something that everyone thinks it supposed to do which is track gun crimes. the atf is down to just 800 investigators. joining me now is dave chipman and joseph vince. both have worked as atf special agents and now work on gun control and safety issues. thank you to both of you. >> nice to be here. >> why should the nra, which is a private interest group, have any sway over who ru...