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Welcome to the commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Thursday,

April 8th, 2021. I am John Puth-Hordes, the editor of

commentary magazine with me as always, executive editor,

A Greenwald Hyade, senior writer Christine Rosem,

high Christine, and associate editor Noah Rothman. Hi, John.

So Joe Biden today is set to unveil a series of executive

orders on gun control. I am fascinated by one thing I wanted to

mention, which is that I was listening to NPR's morning

edition this morning, which led with this story, Biden's

actions against two tools of gun violence, let's say, which

we can get to. But it said he's planning to issue these

executive actions and name a director of the Bureau of

Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Now, ATF is a minor agency. I

think it was a long time in the Treasury Department because

it's like where they got moonshineers and bootleggers. And

that's why it's alcohol tobacco and firearms. I think it was

moved to Homeland Security when they restructure the government

in 2002. I think this is the first time that the director of

the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms nomination or the

name of the director of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco

Farms has ever been mentioned anywhere. And it's all part of

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