The head of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee isn’t playing games when it comes to the White House avoiding answers to questions about potential collusion with antigun groups to target GLOCK, Inc., with a frivolous lawsuit.
Recently, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer (R-Ky.) fired off a letter in response to the White House’s political gamesmanship. In short, Chairman Comer demanded that Stefanie Feldman, the Director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, quit stalling and provide answers over “potential collaboration” between Biden administration officials and Everytown for Gun Safety.
Chairman Comer announced an investigation into potential collusion between the Biden administration, gun control groups and the City of Chicago to bring a lawsuit against GLOCK, Inc., alleging the company is responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms when criminals unlawfully attach an illegal “switch” to handguns. The Oversight Committee learned that White House officials met privately with GLOCK representatives to demand a design alteration to their handguns.
Special-Interest Backed Lawfare
“On the very day the suit was filed, Everytown for Gun Safety President John Feinblatt posted on X, ‘Federal officials recently contacted Glock to discuss implementing new ways to modify Glock pistols to make it harder for Glock switches to be installed. Rather than help, Glock falsely insisted there is nothing they can do.’”
Chairman Comer said this indicates that Everytown had inside access to White House meetings. The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention is staffed by a former Everytown lobbyist, Rob Wilcox. Letters demanding more information were sent to Steven Dettelbach, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention Director Stefanie Feldman.
Chairman Comer sent these letters demanding answers on June 14. Instead of answering those questions, White House Deputy Counsel Rachel Cotton responded by making counteraccusations that Chairman Comer was shilling for the gun lobby. Cotton provided no answers, only listing off the Biden administration’s gun control efforts and goals, adding Congress “should open a real investigation into an actual danger to our communities: the proliferation of illegal devices that convert handguns into machineguns in a matter of seconds.”
That’s a purposefully misleading attack on not just the House Oversight Committee but also GLOCK. The illegal devices are “autosears,” which are illegal to possess, illegal to attach to a firearm and illegal to use without compliance with the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA). Cotton, as an attorney, should know that these aren’t produced by GLOCK or any other firearm manufacturer. In fact, they are largely illegally imported from China or illegally manufactured by individuals.
Checks and Balances
Rather than confront the criminals illegally possessing and using these devices, all indications are that the White House teamed with the City of Chicago who retained Everytown for Gun Safety to file the frivolous lawsuit against GLOCK, Inc. Now that they’re being called out for the potential collusion, the only answers White House officials will provide are temper tantrums over the fact that the House Oversight Committee is doing actual oversight of Executive Branch abuses of courts to bring lawfare against a member of the firearm industry.
“The White House should spend more time complying with Committee requests, and less time obstructing congressional investigations into potential misconduct and misuse of office by White House officials,” Chairman Comer wrote.
Chairman Comer’s letter noted that the initial deadline for voluntary compliance passed on June 14. He’s extended that deadline until Aug. 2, for the White House to produce all documents between the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, ATF, Everytown and Everytown Law referencing “Glock switches,” “machinegun conversion device” and “Chicago litigation.” Additionally, Chairman Comer wants all documents and communications between Deputy Director of the White House Office for Gun Violence Prevention Rob Wilcox and Everytown for Gun Safety President John Feinblatt.
Chairman Comer also noted that failure to voluntarily comply with the information requests could result in subpoenas compelling officials to answer the committee.
To put a coda on it all, Chairman Comer reminded Deputy Counsel Cotton of the role and responsibility of the House Oversight Committee.
“The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate, ‘any matter’ at ‘any time’ under House Rule X.”
NSSF is closely monitoring the continued stonewalling of White House officials over collusion allegations that would drag firearm manufacturers into court because they refuse to knuckle under the gun control demands for radical special-interest groups.
Case Dismissed & Refiled
The City of Chicago voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit against GLOCK from a federal court, just three days after Chairman Comer reiterated his demand for answers. Just last week, the City of Chicago refiled their lawsuit in state court, adding GLOCK GmbH and two in-state retailers as defendants in their lawsuit. The change of venue was due to the fact that federal courts require complete diversity of parties to have diversity jurisdiction. It could also be viewed as a way for the City of Chicago and their gun control backers, Everytown for Gun Safety, to be shopping for a more amendable court. This legal maneuver won’t slow down Chairman Comer to obtain his answers.
“…alleging the company is responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms when criminals unlawfully attach an illegal “switch” to handguns.”
Hmmmm… lets put some reality check into that…
“…alleging Ford is responsible for the drunk driver misuse of Ford vehicles when the drunk driver unlawfully attaches his/her car to another car or person by ramming into the other car or person while driving while intoxicated.”
Okidokee then … lets sue Ford, right?
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Majority of statists don’t. They’re who matter because they’re in charge.
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Ditto what .40 said. Help DZ build up his new site by visiting and commenting. TTAG is still okay to be included in my rotation, but I no longer read most of the articles, and rarely comment here anymore. The moderation and unexplained removal of my (always vanilla and always appropriate to the articles) comments eventually grew to just be too much to tolerate anymore.
No idea what got you moderated on that armor one though.
Look at the age brackets. Clearly Bloomberg’s efforts to push a moral panic about “school shootings” (enabled by complicit media) combined with useless lockdown drills is having an impact on younger voters.
Stop supplying glocks to the US government!
RE: “On the very day the suit was filed, Everytown for Gun Safety President John Feinblatt posted on X, ‘Federal officials recently contacted Glock to discuss implementing new ways to modify Glock pistols to make it harder for Glock switches to be installed. Rather than help, Glock falsely insisted there is nothing they can do.’”
To use the word “falsely” means the azzhole john feinblatt knows of a way and he should lay “his way” on the table or stfu and go pound sand.
Furthermore john feinblatt you ignorant slut: You or anyone else on the planet can try to debunk the following: “Gun Control in any shape, matter or form is an agenda History Confirms is Rooted in Racism and Genocide.” Hop to it…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEz3Bt9hCw&feature=shared
Ooh, a letter I bet Bi-done and kneepads are shaking in terror. Hey look its a letter, see nobody cares. Why dont these losers do something they can do, like cut the budget for the ATF, who imported the switches and the “solvent traps” into the country to start with.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the Glock thing becomes something like the stuff that happened around open bolts in the early 80s eventually. “Easily converted” was in the law and may not even need Chevron Deference to pass muster. The issue with it is what will prevent people from making sears except a piece of material that’s easily Dremeled out? It’s kind of like smart guns most are easily bypassed through fairly basic means.
That out of the way, the problem becomes there is little way for the cities to be counter attacked by companies like Glock. If there was a way to force liability on them for their catch and release crime policies or lax prosecution, maybe the cities would be reluctant to file such suits. I think the closest they could come is a libel/slander suit and that’d be super shaky.
Comer is relentless. That’s why we elected him.
I like Comer. I’m in his district. But unless the congress cuts the funding of these agencies. That refuse to provide accurate and timely information. As good as Comer is, he and the others are just blowing smoke.
And I think that is why they are so afraid of Trump. Because he is willing to do it. Thousands of government regulations were repealed when he was in office. And he got that done even when they tried to impeach him. Twice.
And now they have tried to murder him. Well, “they” really are terrified of Donald Trump.
I hope he fires these 2 million government miniature tyrants.
“White House Colludes” – NOOOOO tell me it isn’t so.
The House needs grow a pair and start sending their Sgt at Arms out making arrests for Contempt of Congress.
Maybe it’s not such a good thing the the President, and by extension the White House, has immunity for all official acts…
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