WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) wrote to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Robert Cekada to congratulate him on his nomination to lead the Bureau and follow-up on their discussion during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee urging him to repeal three major Biden-era gun rules that infringed law-abiding gunowners' Second Amendment rights and exceeded ATF's statutory authority.

"In the past, ATF often relied on Chevron Deference to expand its regulatory remit and restrict the liberties of law-abiding Americans. But, thankfully, the era of deference to the administrative state is over. It is time for...