“Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration,” the White House announced May 24, “Kenneth Charles Canterbury, Jr., of South Carolina, to be the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.”
He’s not up for “acting director,” like the outgoing Thomas Brandon, but a fully empowered “real” director. If confirmed he’ll be only the second one since 2006, with Fast and Furious “gunwalking” cover-up appointee B. Todd Jones taking over from the hopelessly Peter Principled Kenneth E. Melson, and not quite lasting out the Obama administration until the NFL offered greener pastures.
Naturally, the question is what kind of ATF director will Canterbury be, and what can gun owners expect? It’s not like the history…
