Overview

• DOGE personnel are embedded with ATF counsel to revise or eliminate more than 50 firearms regulations by Independence Day.
• The Justice Department intends to cut roughly 541 of ATF’s more than 800 field inspectors, reducing enforcement capacity by about two-thirds.
• President Trump’s February executive order directed a full review and dismantling of Biden-era firearm rules and guidance.
• In May, the administration approved devices that convert semiautomatic rifles into rapid-fire weapons, prompting a June 9 lawsuit from 15 Democratic-led states.
• Gun-safety organizations including Everytown for Gun Safety and Giffords Law Center have condemned the actions and joined legal efforts to block the rollbacks.