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Andrew Harnik/AP toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP David Chipman, pictured in September 2019, is set to have his confirmation for ATF director before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Andrew Harnik/AP Even in rough-and-tumble 21st century Washington politics, the confirmation process for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can be brutal. One former ATF agent once likened it to walking into a buzz saw. Now, that same former agent, David Chipman, is President Biden's nominee to lead the ATF. Chipman's nomination has garnered s...

Andrew Harnik / AP Even in rough-and-tumble 21st century Washington politics, the confirmation process for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can be brutal. One former ATF agent once likened it to walking into a buzz saw. Now, that same former agent, David Chipman, is President Biden's nominee to lead the ATF. Chipman's nomination has garnered strong support from gun control advocates, and drawn fierce opposition from gun rights groups. That's set the stage for what will likely be a tough confirmation fight in an evenly divided Senate as the Biden admin...

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Biden has vowed to tackle what he calls an epidemic of gun violence in the country. The main agency that enforces federal gun laws is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Biden has tapped David Chipman, a former ATF agent-turned-gun control advocate, to lead the agency. NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas reports. RYAN LUCAS, BYLINE: David Chipman knows the ATF. He worked for the bureau for more than two decades, beginning his career as a special agent in Norfolk, Va. RON TARRINGT...