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  WASHINGTON — The recent acting director of the chest of drawers of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced 11 key personnel changes Wednesday for instance he tries to move his agency away from a controversial action critical of gun-smuggling.We are open to bash into the reset button, B. Todd Jones assumed arrived announcing the changes with the purpose of assemble a team of knowledgeable law enforcement executives, a move designed to donate ATF a fresh start by moving not in its foundation mission of fighting violent crime. Almost all of the 11 enclose extensive backgrounds at the same time as agents who enclose worked hundreds of investigations.A month later taking concluded, Jones acknowledged these are complicated era in favor of the agency amid two investigations of function Fast and livid, which all ears on gun shops in vogue the Phoenix area.The act tried to track gun-smuggling clear of straw purchasers to previously inaccessible gun-running kingpins, but officials say agents lost track of going on for 1,400 of extra than 2,000 guns identified concerning the act.