By Larry Keane President Joe Biden faces a decision point when the U.S. Senate returns to Washington, D.C. next week. He would be well advised to withdraw his nomination of David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Chipman has proven to be an unworthy nominee to lead the … 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 Mark Oliva Follow the money. Installing one person to do the gun control lobby’s bidding from the inside has always been the goal. USA Today and gun control mouthpiece The Trace are saying it out loud now. In fact, they’re downright giddy that they’ve gotten the response from lawmakers they hoped for. They used a simple … Read more
No one can be an expert on everything. But maybe, just maybe, if you advocate banning certain types of weapons and want to head the agency that ultimately would be tasked with enforcing any such ban, a basic requirement should be an ability to define that class of banned weapons. [Biden’s ATF Director nominee David] … Read more
David Chipman, a retired Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent, on Monday said AR-15 rifles should be regulated like machine guns. “What I support is treating them just like machine guns,” Chipman, who is now a senior policy adviser at Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence, told Hill.TV’s Buck Sexton and Krystal … Read more
From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . According to recent reports, the Biden Administration is planning to impose an entire package of executive-backed gun control as soon as tomorrow. President Biden, in what could very well be a high watermark for oppressive executive action-based gun control efforts, is said to be planning severe restrictions that are likely … Read more
Here’s the Associated Press’s report on Biden’s expected gun control executive orders. Where the earlier Politico report speculated that Biden might name a new ATF director tomorrow, the administration has leaked to the AP that in fact Biden will appease the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex by nominating David Chipman to head the gun regulator. Who … Read more
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