Reacting to a call by 14 perennially anti-gun House Democrats that President Donald Trump removes Kash Patel as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggested the group “pound sand.”
In their March 3 letter, these Democrats asserted that since Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in June 2022 under the Biden administration, “violent crime hit an almost 50-year low, and we’ve seen the single largest homicide rate drop in recent history.”
“Apparently,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “everybody who signed that letter slept through last year’s stunning revelation that the FBI’s initial report of a 1.7 percent decrease in violent crime from 2021 to 2022 was quietly adjusted to show a 4.5 percent increase. House Oversight Chair James Comer launched a probe of this revision last October.
“Maybe these Democrats are concerned that Patel will investigate possible abuses the agency allegedly committed during the Biden years,” Gottlieb added. “While they complain how ‘it is unconscionable that someone without experience fighting crime, responding to mass shootings or confronting domestic terrorism has been named as ATF’s Acting Director,’ under Patel’s leadership at FBI, the agency has just caught its third ‘Most Wanted’ fugitive since President Trump took office.
“Capitol Hill Democrats are delighted to have an ATF which gets mixed up in colossal debacles like ‘Operation Fast and Furious,’” he continued, “or cancelling federal firearms licenses because a small dealer might make a technical paperwork error. Yet, where have these Democrats been when their colleagues have championed legislation making it tougher for law-abiding citizens to exercise their full rights under the Second Amendment? Where were they when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were advocating for gun bans and restrictions on the rights of young adults? They were right there pushing for and cheering such infringements.
“As for Patel’s qualifications,” Gottlieb noted, “he has held various positions within the Justice Department, and they know it. Democrats want someone at ATF who will ‘faithfully administer laws that keep Americans safe.’ We expect Patel to do exactly that. We’re wondering if that’s what really concerns the people who signed the letter.”
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About Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
Kash needs to get off his ass and declare “assault weapons” and standard capacity magazines as being “common use”. Then he needs to get rid of the tax stamp on suppressors. At the very least, he needs to get Congress to act on these things.
Inquiring minds would like to know…who are the 14 signers?
Kash needs to do something about the sailor Adamiak. And fire the ATF agent who lied at the trial and fabricated evidence.
canceling people that dont sell enough then arresting them for selling what they have left without a license
Kash Patel has ordered the arrest of FBI Special Agent Jonathan Buma on suspicion of leaking classified information.
Of course they do, they’re deathly afraid of what he’ll find…
Hopefully President Trump put Kash there to dismantle the ATF. It has been completely rouge for over 50 years.
problem is all the things we can think of including toxic waste have some value for something, demonrats have no value,or values whats so ever
First I have to say that the captcha required to login borders on the ridiculous. This is not a bank or a brokerage house; no one’s livelihood is threatened by a rogue commentor.
I can’t stress enough how important it is that we apply maximum pressure in informing the general public about the excesses and corruption of the Left.
Elections do matter, and we simply cannot allow the left to spread lies and propaganda willy-nilly without pushback.
Now get out there and tell it like it is!!!
I continue to try and understand who are the people that have elected these members of Congress that are Anti-American. Or why these same members of Congress have turned against law abiding Citizens of this Great Country. I was under the impression that Congress was elected to support our freedoms. What went wrong??