NSSF Staffer Joins ATF John Badowski, a five-plus-year member of the NSSF staff, serving as its first director of retail partnerships and head of its retailer division, the National Association of Firearms Retailers (NAFR), has resigned his position to join the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as its firearms industry technical advisor. At NSSF, Badowski was instrumental in the formation of NAFR, state retailer organizations, Partnership for Progress seminars, SHOT Show University and the retailer component of the "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" straw purchase awareness campaign, among many other programs. Badowski will serve as the point of contact with FBI NICS, various trade groups, industry organizations and industry members in general. He will also be responsible for providing assistance, advice and recommendations to senior ATF management officials on issues affecting ATF, the firearms industry and the law enforcement community.