When the eleven GOP senators who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a demand for another hearing into President Biden’s nomination of gun control lobbyist David Chipman to head the nation’s firearms regulatory agency last week, they couldn’t have expected that they’d get what they wanted. Not after lawsuits have been filed and former … Read more
By Larry Keane David Chipman’s charm offensive to win over U.S. Senate support is failing. The would-be director for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) nominated by President Joe Biden is in trouble and even the most ardent gun control supporters in Congress are admitting it. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chairman … Read more
David Chipman’s nomination to run the federal regulatory agency hasn’t been going well. It seems that Democrats are having trouble getting all of their 50 members in the Senate lined up behind the Biden nominee. Dicky Durbin acknowledged that there are “issues” with Chipman and that “the whip count ‘is not where we want it … Read more
From the CCRKBA . . . The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today is demanding an immediate investigation into allegations that David Chipman—nominated to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—made a derogatory comment about African American ATF agents “cheating” to pass an agency selection exam while he … Read more
Blue Dog Democrats — if that’s still a thing — often say they are strong supporters of the Second Amendment. They always say the same thing: they aren’t looking to ban or confiscate our firearms. They simply want “common sense” restrictions (which are nothing more than infringements on our God-given right to keep and bear … Read more
By Andy Massimilian ATF director nominee David Chipman got off easy at his confirmation hearings. Gun-hating democrats (i.e. 99% of the party’s officialdom) made the hearing ludicrously short leaving room for only a cursory examination of the impact this dedicated civilian disarmament advocate would have on gun owners and the gun industry. Though Second Amendment … Read more
Gosh, that would be awkward, wouldn’t it? Having an ATF director who couldn’t manage to keep track of his duty gun when he was an ATF agent would be…uncomfortable. That’s probably why President BidenHarris’s nominee to lead the firearms regulatory agency answered ‘no’ when he was asked about the allegedly missing pistol. But as The … Read more
By Larry Keane President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the bureau that has regulatory authority over the firearm industry admitted to the U.S. Senate he would ban firearms over enforcing laws a week ago and the question lingers. Does David Chipman have the votes? Here’s where it stands now. Chipman, who until recently was a … Read more
By Larry Keane Six of President Joe Biden’s executive nominees testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to make their case for senate approval, but the lion’s share of questioning – and attention – focused on the president’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), David Chipman. The focus was well-deserved … Read more
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