I’m sure a haaarvaaard man doesn’t chew, so he must smoke nice Cuban cigars and drinks excessively, probably Cosmopolitans.
Posted on 04/18/2023 1:54:17 PM PDT by george76
Steve Dettelbach, the man President Biden chose to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), followed in the footsteps of other Biden administration officials who have been stumped by seemingly straightforward questions from lawmakers, questions that deal with subjects within what is supposed to be their purview.
On Tuesday, Director Dettelbach was asked by Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX) to give a brief, 15-second definition of the term "assault weapon," the thing President Biden and Democrats have demanded must be banned within the United States in order to reduce the frequency of crimes committed by individuals with guns. Dettelbach, however, came up completely empty during his testimony in the House Appropriations Committee's hearing focused on the ATF's FY2024 budget.
"I’ll go shorter than that because I, honestly, if Congress wishes to take that up, I think Congress would have to do the work, but we would be there to provide technical assistance," Dettelbach told Ellzey. Huh? So, the man in charge of ATF doesn't even have a guess when it comes to defining a firearm type that is mentioned and demonized almost daily by the White House?
"I, unlike you, am not a firearms expert, to the same extent as you maybe, but we have people at ATF who can talk about velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause, so that whatever determination you chose to make would be an informed one," Dettelbach added, confirming that President Biden had put forward another entirely unqualified person to lead a powerful wing of federal bureaucracy.
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Biden, his administration, and Democrats in Congress have insisted that "assault weapons" be banned, even though the term is only a buzzword that Biden's own ATF director — and likely Biden himself — can't define. That's because anything can be an assault weapon. A rock, a rifle, a handgun, a person's fist, a squirrel swung with enough velocity.
But the lack of specificity of the term hasn't stopped Democrats from renewing their push to ban "assault weapons." Nor has the fact that the previous iteration of the ban on "assault weapons" did not — according to the federal Department of Justice and other left-of-center studies — cause a reduction in the number of gun crimes nor the lethality of those crimes. Biden claims to be the previous ban's mastermind, but it didn't work — no matter how many times the Biden administration claims the opposite is true.
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So, the Biden administration is wrong about the efficacy of bans on "assault weapons," the Biden administration can't even define the term, and its ATF director is — by his own admission — lacking basic knowledge about firearms.
The now expired 1994 modern weapons ban covered a lot more than just Eugene Stoner’s little black rifle.
An “assault weapon” is anything they can scare people with by claiming it has a “military appearance”.
A “sniper rifle”, which they also want to ban, is anything to which glass sights could be attached.
Make no mistake: These people want to ban and take ALL FIREARMS. Every last one, no exceptions.
Plan accordingly.
‘give a brief, 15-second definition of the term “assault weapon,”’
Kind of a trick question, since they are calling for a return of the Clinton-era “assault weapons ban”, and I don’t think anyone on planet earth can describe what weapons meet the standards of that law in 15 seconds.
“anything can be an assault weapon. A rock, a rifle, a handgun, a person’s fist, a squirrel swung with enough velocity.”
If only we had banned “assault pies”, the original Bozo the clown might still be with us!
I’m sure a haaarvaaard man doesn’t chew, so he must smoke nice Cuban cigars and drinks excessively, probably Cosmopolitans.
African or European Swallow?
But he’s loyal to the big man and party. He makes sure the ATF does his master’s bidding in every policy and regulation.
If the ATF just disappeared tomorrow, all together, what would change? Nothing.
Like the TSA it’s a political creation, a beast that was created long ago and looking for a budget and purpose today.
Enserio? Hey, Steve-the 80’s called-they want the hair back...
Beer bottle labels would start to be more ... ummmm ... Interesting. Exciting. Edgy.
I keep looking for Alice and that white rabbit-I know they are around here somewhere...
He’s just another dumbass who’s probably never even fired a Daisy BB gun.
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.:
Great. What is a Woman? - I don’t know. What is an assault rifle? - I don’t know. What is a Lawyer?
velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause
velocity of firearms .... I’ve been shooting for quite some time. Never saw a firearm with velocity. Can anyone post a video of “velocity of firearms”? I’d like to see it.
What damage different kinds of firearms cause .... unless it’s used as a blunt force instrument, what damage does a firearm cause?
Words matter. And the person that is supposed to run the ATF should know those words.
Elect a clown, expect a circus
An assault rifle is any rifle in the hands of the civilians or military that does not immediately stand out as “a hunting rifle”
If said firearm is in the hands of the “police” it is instead a “service rifle” or a “patrol rifle”
That was good. I am going to print that post out.
A stick is an assault weapon if you beat the crap out of somebody with it. The libs love playing these semantic games. They treat language like play-doh, molding it to whatever meaning they want.
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If the AR-15 was good enough for Miss America 1962 to shoot it is good enough for us in all it’s forms!
An “ASSAULT WEAPON” is any “object-tool-body part-device that can be thrown, pushed, swung, or poked” in order to cause bodily harm to another object or person.
Therefore, any thing can be considered an “ASSAULT WEAPON”!
Perhaps they need a biologist?
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