Washington, D.C. — Since taking over as U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi has made waves in Washington with a series of pro-Second Amendment moves that signal a dramatic shift from the anti-gun overreach of the Biden administration.

But while there’s plenty to celebrate, gun rights groups like Texas Gun Rights (TXGR) are making it clear: there’s still a lot more work to do.

Within days of assuming office, Bondi cleaned house at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), firing Biden’s anti-gun appointee Steve Dettelbach and replacing him with Kash Patel — a move hailed by grassroots gun activists.

Days later, longtime ATF chief counsel Pamela Hicks, the legal architect of some of the agency’s worst abuses, was ousted and replaced with pro-2A constitutional scholar Robert Leider.

Bondi also oversaw a Department of Justice (DOJ) memo that reversed the ATF’s ability to permanently bar non-violent felons from firearm ownership, giving thousands of Americans a pathway to restore their Second Amendment rights.

The DOJ didn’t stop there.

In a bold and unprecedented move, Bondi launched a Civil Rights Division review of state-level gun control laws, targeting jurisdictions like Los Angeles and New York City for potential constitutional violations.

DOJ officials made it clear: the Second Amendment is no longer a second-class right under this administration.

But despite these moves, gun rights organizations aren’t ready to pop the champagne.

As Texas Gun Rights President Chris McNutt pointed out, “We’ve seen promising steps from Attorney General Bondi — but we haven’t yet seen the knockout punch that gun owners were promised.”

Gun rights leaders are demanding immediate action to vacate every single Biden-era ATF rule, including the unconstitutional “ghost gun” rule recently upheld by the Supreme Court.

That rule forces background checks and serial numbers on unfinished firearm parts — effectively criminalizing the American tradition of building your own firearm.

And while Bondi has overseen internal reform, she has not yet publicly released the full report detailing every gun control regulation imposed during the Biden administration — a key part of President Trump’s executive order issued in early 2025.

Grassroots groups like TXGR are also urging Bondi to back legislative efforts like:

• H.R. 221, the bill to Abolish the ATF outright.
• H.R. 335, which would repeal the National Firearms Act (NFA), the century-old law that paved the way for bureaucratic overreach.
• Full repeal of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which still serves as a foundation for many federal gun restrictions.

“Gun owners didn’t elect Donald Trump to reform the ATF,” said McNutt. “They elected him to dismantle it.”

The message from the grassroots is clear: good start, but finish the job. Gun owners are watching — and they expect results.