Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, being nominated for the position with President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C., April 11, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) By Andrew Lapin July 18, 2022 ( JTA ) – When Steve Dettelbach was confirmed last week as the director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, he became the beleaguered bureau’s first head to pass a Senate confirmation in eight years. For some, the confirmation offered hope of a changing tide in America’s sea of mass shootings. But...