‘“Unfortunately, Canterbury has a long history of publicly supporting and endorsing anti-gun policies, anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, and anti-gun high ranking government officials,” the release documents. “In his official capacity as President of the National Fraternal Order of Police, Canterbury has supported radical anti-gun Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, supported former Attorney General Eric Holder – Obama’s head honcho who ran the deadly Fast and Furious gun running program, [and] supported expanding the federal government’s gun registration schemes.”’
“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 between the two groups, especially with the recent “bump stock” rule reversal, has led to anything but further distrust. Face it, the interests of those who believe in “shall not be infringed” and those tasked with the infringements can never mesh, so the best we can hope for is someone who is not a doctrinaire gun-grabber.
by David Codrea
