by Lee Williams
Marianna Mitchem, ATF’s former Affiliate Assistant Director of Discipline Operations (Business Operations), is now working for former New York Metropolis mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Everytown for Gun Security, based on a former ATF senior official who didn’t need their identify used on this story.
Mitchem has turned on the ATF since becoming a member of Everytown, the previous official mentioned. She is reaching out to her former colleagues, attempting to focus on Glock and Glock-type handguns.
Mitchem started her 20-year ATF profession in 2005 as an IOI, an Business Operations Investigator, who inspects gun retailers to make sure their data and stock are precisely documented. She labored unarmed and was by no means an ATF Particular Agent, who’re armed and charged with implementing federal legislation.
Mitchem was promoted to subject supervisor in 2011 and, by 2014, was put in control of Business Operations for ATF’s Phoenix Discipline Division.
She moved to Washington, D.C. in 2017, when she grew to become ATF’s deputy chief of Discipline Administration Employees. One yr later, she was promoted to Chief.
In 2019, Mitchem grew to become the ATF’s deputy chief of employees and reported on to the ATF’s director. One yr later, she grew to become the chief of the Firearms and Explosives Business Division.
Mitchem held her ultimate place as Affiliate Assistant Director of Discipline Operations (Business Operations), from March 2024 till she left in Could 2025.
Anti-gun historical past
The previous ATF senior official who labored with Mitchem mentioned she was good, communicator, however very anti-gun.
Issues modified for Mitchem when former President Joe Biden appointed Steve Dettelbach to run ATF, the previous official mentioned. Mitchem was given extra duties and duties.
The previous official described her as “Dettelbach’s puppet.” She was his “famous person” and was answerable for ATF’s body or receiver ruling and for focusing on “ghost weapons.”
The actions Mitchem took concerning these unserialized firearms have been incorrect, the previous ATF official mentioned. The company included pre-1968 firearms on its “ghost gun” checklist, regardless that firearms manufactured previous to 1968 weren’t required to have serial numbers. Home made firearms, that are exempt from serial quantity necessities in some states, have been additionally added to the checklist.
As well as, if legislation enforcement officers couldn’t discover a serial quantity, the firearm was nonetheless added to the “ghost gun” checklist, as a result of the ATF by no means checked or verified any of the firearms added to the checklist.
This precipitated ATF and different companies to query the validity of its personal database, which Mitchem was answerable for creating. Nevertheless, the Biden Administration used the checklist strongly to advertise its anti-gun efforts.
Takeaways
Makes an attempt to contact Mitchem weren’t profitable. Her cellular phone has been disconnected and adjusted. Voice messages, emails, and texts left with Everytown weren’t returned.
The previous senior official who spoke out in opposition to Mitchem mentioned now that she’s gone, there is just one anti-gun senior official left on the ATF.
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