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The White House experienced another case of “clean up on aisle 1600” after President Joe Biden declared unambiguously that all semiautomatic firearms have, “no redeeming social value.” After being asked about the recent murders of innocent Americans at the hands of deranged individuals in Colorado Springs, Colo., and Chesapeake, Va., …
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Whether through willful ignorance or outright dishonesty, anti-Second Amendment politicians get the facts wrong all the time. Some lies, however, are so obviously false they are just embarrassing. This brings us to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), who recently said that “it is easier to buy a gun than a fresh apple” …
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives appears to understand that it has an image problem. According to a recent item from the Washington Times, the ATF has been handing out flyers at gun shows that are designed to bust some “myths” about the agency. Titled “ATF Myths: Not everything …
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“Assault weapon” is a meaningless and politically elastic term. Demonstrating that the agenda drives the definition, President Biden’s nominees to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) both refused to commit to any intelligible definition. David Chipman, Biden’s initial and unsuccessful choice for ATF director, famously flubbed …
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The U.S. Senate recently voted 48-46 to confirm President Joe Biden’s (D) nominee, Steve Dettelbach, to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). While the vote was largely along party lines, Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Rob Portman (Ohio) joined 46 Democrat senators to confirm Dettelbach. Sens. Richard …
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As the U.S. Senate gets set to consider President Joe Biden’s (D) nomination of the gun-control advocate Steven Dettelbach to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 15 state attorneys general have written a letter to U.S. Senate leaders asking them to reject the nomination. In the letter to Senate Majority …
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A few months ago, I wrote about how Joe Biden plans to use executive actions and enforcement authorities to wage war on America’s gun owners and the industries that support them. Subsequent events have only confirmed that analysis, none more so than Biden’s latest choice to run the Bureau of Alcohol, …
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As the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) celebrates its golden anniversary this month, it’s a shame that we can’t send them well wishes. Unfortunately, on this occasion of the federal agency’s 50 years since it was officially established as an independent bureau within the Treasury Department in …
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Sometimes, I wonder whether President Joe Biden (D) actually wants to hire a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Sure, Biden says he does, but his behavior suggests otherwise. Last year, Biden watched his first pick for the office, gun-control activist David Chipman, go down …
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Steve Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s (D) nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), faced the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in late May as part of his confirmation process. Like Biden’s previous nominee to fill the post, David Chipman, Dettelbach supports many restrictive gun-control measures, although his hearing in front of …
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