Does Obama’s nominee for head of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives oppose the Second Amendment?

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Daily Caller:

Traver is a native of Chicago – a city with zero gun shops and that has had some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. There, he’s the special agent in charge of the city’s BATFE division. He supports banning .50-caliber rifles, something that would cause many gun shops to close.

Traver supports repealing the Tiahart Amendment, which prohibits the BATFE from releasing sensitive information from its database to anyone other than a law enforcement agency or prosecutor during a criminal investigation. The data that is released cannot be admitted as evidence in court in a civil lawsuit. The Amendment’s supporters say it protects gun owners and makers from frivolous lawsuits.

He is also involved with a group called the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which is associated with the Joyce Foundation. Both lobby for heavier gun control laws as a way to crack down on urban violence.

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