Director Robert Cekada has remolded the ATF into a more 2A-friendly agency and Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is responding by pressing New York lawmakers to pass state-level gun controls to replace federal controls repealed or altered by the ATF.
Cekada was confirmed as ATF directory on April 29, 2026, and on that same day, shortly after his confirmation, he signed a “landmark rulemaking package” rolling back and revising numerous gun regulations put in place under former President Joe Biden.
In a press release from the New York Governor’s Office, Hochul is now claiming the changes are dangerous and encroach on safety.
She said:
Time and time again, we see the...
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