'You've In Fact Exceeded Your Authority': Gaetz Drills Into ATF Director Over Controversial Rule

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  • At today's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) questioned ATF Director Steven Dettelbach about a rule for classifying gun sellers.
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  • @tmp1957
    @tmp1957 Місяць тому +1319

    Disband the ATF now.

    • @johnryan2
      @johnryan2 Місяць тому +8

      AMEN!!!

    • @greghawkman
      @greghawkman Місяць тому +13

      Arguing with progressive activists, is pointless.

    • @dominickperino3142
      @dominickperino3142 Місяць тому +14

      They look like brown shirts to me....

    • @greghawkman
      @greghawkman Місяць тому

      @@dominickperino3142 Brown shirts sounds like 1930s anti German propaganda...this is here in America and now.

    • @Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove
      @Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove 29 днів тому +19

      This is the only way. It's an unconstitutional agency, among many, that are doing unconstitutional activities. The ATF director keeps saying they don't write law, but they do. They write regulations without a legislative vote, and then use lethal force to enforce those regulations. I'm sorry, but that certainly sounds like the ATF writes law.

  • @rickybobby7276
    @rickybobby7276 Місяць тому +1993

    The ATF literally exists to violate your 2nd amendment rights.

    • @patriot9455
      @patriot9455 Місяць тому +12

      Are you thinking they have rules written in Russian or Chinese

    • @tjtrent2351
      @tjtrent2351 Місяць тому +70

      The ATF should and needs to be totally abolished. The only other option we have is to not comply to outrageous rules, and support each other, like CRS when they come after you. It only takes so long before the Federal Gov reigns them in when we start not complying and voting pro 2A representatives in to office Until then we will continue allowing the 2nd to be walked all over and pissed on by Liberals and ATF.

    • @sammyking2371
      @sammyking2371 Місяць тому +36

      ​@tjtrent2351 the problem is they'll show up with 50 armed men to one person's home at a time and I don't care how well you're armed you won't win and they know this. The shitty part is that they can get so many agents to go against our rights to come and take them.

    • @I2AT
      @I2AT Місяць тому

      Harris exists to violate your 2nd amendment rights…..

    • @guysumpthin2974
      @guysumpthin2974 Місяць тому +1

      “It’s still in litigation” , ok then , how about not killing people over it ?

  • @jerrykr7kz
    @jerrykr7kz 29 днів тому +488

    WHY DOES CONGRESS NOT HAVE THE POWER TO FLATLY COME OUT AND SAY, " ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH YES OR NO, OR YOU WILL BE HELD IN CONTENPT!"

    • @ForeverTheWar
      @ForeverTheWar 28 днів тому +30

      I might be wrong but I am pretty sure Congress has no legal authority to impose laws over individuals, they simply have the legal right to investigate agencies and corresponding individuals to help find information as to why certain actions and decisions are or were made. You also would need a judge to have him held in contempt.
      If I am wrong please correct me, this is a hail marry from high school government class from 20 years ago.

    • @the_inquisitive_inquisitor
      @the_inquisitive_inquisitor 27 днів тому +24

      @@ForeverTheWar I believe you are correct, but Senators ought to be able to force you to answer questions.

    • @1stAkasi
      @1stAkasi 27 днів тому

      All of these “inquiries “ are nothing but a joke and waste of money, nothing is ever done… look at all the fbi bullshit.

    • @richardcranium6081
      @richardcranium6081 27 днів тому +14

      just more evasive answers from the same faction

    • @aaronhausken3226
      @aaronhausken3226 27 днів тому +24

      policy is not law, AFT cannot make laws, only policy.

  • @debbiecarter2674
    @debbiecarter2674 Місяць тому +309

    Shut down this ATF they are making up their own rules ENOUGH

    • @Christina-71
      @Christina-71 28 днів тому

      Yep, they're setting us all up to break laws! 400 pages of "explanation" on one fire arms law? The laws are completely out of control! There needs to be a limit ffs!

    • @mikewallace8087
      @mikewallace8087 27 днів тому

      They are making laws with monetary infringements and possible imprisonment and rights taken.

    • @reneeg4817
      @reneeg4817 26 днів тому +1

      Yup

    • @miki_9034
      @miki_9034 26 днів тому

      This is all for show, so you can feel better. They'll be dining & wining together after this "grilling".

    • @richardcallihan9746
      @richardcallihan9746 20 днів тому

      ATF turned off power to the house, taped over cameras, and then Broke in.
      Said Police.
      {Just What a Home Envader Would Do.}

  • @dakotatheplumber1287
    @dakotatheplumber1287 Місяць тому +859

    When a law becomes too convoluted to be understood by a normal citizen, it is unlawful.

    • @LRRPFco52
      @LRRPFco52 Місяць тому +54

      Any infringement is already expressly unlawful, as stated by the Bill of Rights.

    • @rickgilbrt
      @rickgilbrt Місяць тому +2

      ​@@LRRPFco52 that poorly punctuated, incompletely thought-out statement that got adopted as the 2nd Amendment.

    • @LRRPFco52
      @LRRPFco52 Місяць тому +60

      @@rickgilbrt If someone has convinced you of the illegitimatacy of the Bill of Rights based on their understanding of English grammar in 2024, you should purge that source from your perspective and go study 180 years of Supreme Court rulings on the issue.

    • @dankcincy
      @dankcincy Місяць тому +1

      ​@@LRRPFco52I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic

    • @OneMeanArtist
      @OneMeanArtist Місяць тому +27

      “A Law repugnant to the Constitution is void.” Marbury v. Madison, Supreme Court (1803)

  • @user-sx9hu2nl8t
    @user-sx9hu2nl8t Місяць тому +699

    All in Congress: Just stop with the BS and cut all the funding from this man's budget. Shut the ATF down permanently.

    • @andrewcanady6644
      @andrewcanady6644 Місяць тому +33

      You’re right. We need to organize and prepare candidates that will do what is just and honorable, and attempt to change things peacefully working within government before everyday American’s fuse burns out.
      Currently, the Dems and Repubs together vote to waste the people’s resources and spit on the people’s rights.
      If we can’t organize a new organization of purely patriot, revolutionary Americans that put American people and their rights first…. it’s not going to be good for anyone.
      I want peace. That’s why I promote a new organization. The Dems and Repubs have failed the people. What do you think?

    • @shadovanish7435
      @shadovanish7435 27 днів тому

      ​@@andrewcanady6644I suspect that for Congress to effectively dissolve the ATF through 100% removal of funding, sending the (former) agent maggots "onto the street", would be helpful to prevent firearm owning citizens from revolting.
      However, creating another, new Gov't "organization" to replace the ATF would likely result in a starting point for corruption & power expansion to infest the new "organization", just as the ATF been similarly so infested for years.
      There are already several very powerful federal law enforcement agencies in existence, such as the FBI, U.S. Marshalls, DHS, DEA, USCG & the BATFE (usually known simply as the "ATF"), & I'm quite sure these agencies have overlapping authority. In addition, I'm quite sure there are other (non law enforcement specific) federal agencies (such as the NRC, NSA, FDA & others) that likely could, & probably do act in a law enforcement role independently, or in support of the "dedicated" federal law enforcement agencies.
      Before the creation of the DHS, the FBI (as well as the CIA, I believe) was tasked with the same responsibility as now lies with the DHS. Since the FBI already had (for many years) the DHS's responsibility, there should have been no good reason to create the DHS, & thus it seems most likely the DHS was created mainly to expand the size & power of the federal Govt.
      I think if the ATF were to be dissolved, & it was decided to transfer its responsibility to another Govt organization, it would probably be better if that organization was already established (& carefully reformed & enforced toward acting constitutionally) rather than create a new organization, as there are too many powerful federal organizations, as it is, & they are probably all corrupt, to some degree.

    • @xycap8351
      @xycap8351 27 днів тому

      GOP is performing for the camera to fundraise by posing as representing constituents

    • @xycap8351
      @xycap8351 27 днів тому

      CONSERVATIVE posers fundraise off performance theater trying to look as if they serve constituents

    • @JessicaFerri-um4hf
      @JessicaFerri-um4hf 27 днів тому

      ​@@andrewcanady6644 I consider the Republicans are the ones that work for the American people. Lincoln was the first Republican president and won the first civil war to abolish slavery in our country forever. President Jackson liberated our country from Muslim threat. These are the great heroes of our country.

  • @shannonpaplow7754
    @shannonpaplow7754 28 днів тому +154

    No more Hard questions... Only handing out HARD TIME in FEDERAL PRISON for these Criminal ATF people that think they are above the LAW and the Constitution.

    • @jackdepalma
      @jackdepalma 27 днів тому

      current economic data under the Biden administration paint a picture of resilience and growth. Since President Biden took office, the economy has been growing at an annual rate of 2.8%, slightly outpacing the growth rate under President Trump before the COVID-19 pandemic. This growth trajectory contradicts the widespread belief that the economy is in a recession. Inflation has been curbed, unemployment rates are at historic lows, and the stock market has experienced significant gains.
      As of now, unemployment hovers below 4%, marking a 50-year low. This is a stark contrast to the misconception held by half of Americans, who believe unemployment is at a 50-year high. This misperception extends to the stock market, where 50% of the public thinks stocks are down for the year. Contrary to this belief, stocks have risen by 11% this year and have surged 45% since Biden took office.

    • @miki_9034
      @miki_9034 26 днів тому +1

      This is all for show, so you can feel better. They'll be dining & wining together after this "grilling".

  • @tompowers8495
    @tompowers8495 28 днів тому +41

    I am embarrassed that this meally mouthed director...this poor excuse of a man is in a position of authority in my beloved Country

  • @ronaldprovencher7570
    @ronaldprovencher7570 Місяць тому +968

    STOP TALKING REMOVE HIM AND DISBAND THE ATF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @deeandrews7051
      @deeandrews7051 Місяць тому

      Trump will make some changes to the FBI, ATF, CIA and some other out of control govt. agencies. Can't wait til November when we get rid of the demented tyrant currently in office.

    • @jeremyweems4916
      @jeremyweems4916 Місяць тому +23

      If they weren't disbanded after Waco, Ruby Ridge, Fast and Furious, etc..... they never will be.

    • @dwightcurrie8316
      @dwightcurrie8316 28 днів тому +3

      They don't have the authority, or, More Than Likely, The Guts, Either.....Sadly

    • @dwightcurrie8316
      @dwightcurrie8316 28 днів тому +3

      @@jeremyweems4916 That's The Spirit!!!
      Isn't Apathy a wonderful thing???
      It requires No Effort, but leaves one free to Complain Incessantly, without lifting a finger

    • @maureenjossick429
      @maureenjossick429 28 днів тому

      @@dwightcurrie8316😂😂BURNNNN…🔥well this ain’t Waco-now the Govt is the terrorist organization NOW!

  • @otisspunkmeyer9339
    @otisspunkmeyer9339 Місяць тому +957

    How is the ATF still a part of our government

    • @MF-hz6xx
      @MF-hz6xx Місяць тому +31

      Administrative acting as legislature with executive approval.

    • @virginiashirley4139
      @virginiashirley4139 Місяць тому +14

      You know, everybody doesn't like guns, however, when we defund the police, people like to feel safe, they buy more guns, so I am saying defunding the police is counter intuitive.

    • @rmf9567
      @rmf9567 Місяць тому

      ​@@virginiashirley4139the Democrat tactic is to take away weapons and police.. we need more of both

    • @JBall-hd8bw
      @JBall-hd8bw Місяць тому +31

      What makes you think they are? Seems like they're acting as their own govt.

    • @texascop
      @texascop Місяць тому +3

      Look at Waco absolute power corrupts. How is it that everyone has forgotten. It was common knowledge that the Sheriff could have arrested David Korish without incident. But o no, the ATF wanted to use force. Just how did that go. Answer NOT TO GOOD.

  • @mikedyson2077
    @mikedyson2077 Місяць тому +58

    The ATF needs to be shut down

  • @personreanimation
    @personreanimation 27 днів тому +36

    DISBAND THE ATF NOW!

    • @richardcallihan9746
      @richardcallihan9746 20 днів тому

      ATF turned off power to the house, taped over cameras, and then Broke in.
      Said Police.
      {Just What a Home Envader Would Do.}

  • @DestructZero
    @DestructZero Місяць тому +861

    The ATF needs to be abolished. 😡

    • @Tracey-cg8vv
      @Tracey-cg8vv Місяць тому +15

      Absolutely! They're out if control!

    • @JSmith-ou3sk
      @JSmith-ou3sk Місяць тому +5

      Ahyup

    • @j.p.sixgunner7194
      @j.p.sixgunner7194 29 днів тому +6

      ​@@Tracey-cg8vvAbsolutely!
      Never should have been created.

    • @jeffreyreid7036
      @jeffreyreid7036 28 днів тому

      There is no constitutional authority for this rogue agency to exist.

    • @justtryme2020
      @justtryme2020 28 днів тому +1

      🙌

  • @tracyshoemake9686
    @tracyshoemake9686 Місяць тому +537

    And this is the head of the ATF.We are in bad need of intelligent leadership.

    • @karenoconnell9423
      @karenoconnell9423 Місяць тому +8

      Well, he's a peach compared to Mayorcas!

    • @robertbrown7470
      @robertbrown7470 Місяць тому +15

      Sounds like a criminal trying to defend himself on a witness stand and is purposely evading the questions.

    • @pandoralechat780
      @pandoralechat780 Місяць тому +4

      Diabolical.

    • @jerrychandler657
      @jerrychandler657 Місяць тому

      He seems unintelligent because he is being deceptive and ambiguous to hide his true intentions. He cannot be honest and successfully steal our rights.

    • @KEN-pl3df
      @KEN-pl3df Місяць тому

      From this administration? this is exactly what happens when you have illegitimate leadership, complete incompetence

  • @smo202
    @smo202 28 днів тому +30

    Every one of these people who refuse to answer a simple question should be dismissed immediately and charged with any crimes available for their actions. Just a huge waste of time and our money.

  • @UpTheRa007
    @UpTheRa007 Місяць тому +50

    Never forget ATF on April 19 1993 raised a Battle Flag over the burned body’s of women and children #Sickening

    • @asdfbeau
      @asdfbeau 27 днів тому +6

      haven't forgotten the Weavers, either.

    • @the_inquisitive_inquisitor
      @the_inquisitive_inquisitor 27 днів тому +4

      I was raised to Never Forget and to Never Forgive (a different atrocity, but I took the lesson to heart).

    • @wozn7195
      @wozn7195 25 днів тому

      Not from the US - But that was the thing where they besieged that coumpound and lit it with granades?

    • @GuyIncognito-mw8mr
      @GuyIncognito-mw8mr 24 дні тому +1

      They used a napalm type incidary devise on the end of a boom with a military vehicle they were prohibiting from possessing in any type or fashion……

  • @MontanaTactical
    @MontanaTactical Місяць тому +289

    This is ridiculous. The ATF is wrong to do this law abiding citizens.

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 Місяць тому +10

      The ATF its self is illegal.

    • @huwhitecavebeast1972
      @huwhitecavebeast1972 Місяць тому +2

      Don't use the term law abiding. You can be made a felon overnight by the stroke of a pen. Say "peaceable citizen" instead. It is what we used to say before there was an effort by certain 3 letter agencies to make the term "law abiding" a common phrase relating to gun ownership.

    • @GuyIncognito-mw8mr
      @GuyIncognito-mw8mr 24 дні тому

      Well they do what they do because we allow them to get away with it

    • @Barskor1
      @Barskor1 24 дні тому

      @@GuyIncognito-mw8mr What will it take to not allow it? If the other politicians we would vote for do nothing Law En-Farce-Ment does nothing the DOJ does nothing what is left after that? We know and it is socially taboo to talk about it.

  • @lapicker1010
    @lapicker1010 Місяць тому +120

    Yeah, they just murdered a guy because they thought he MIGHT have exceeded that very arbitrary threshold.

  • @michaelmiller-hr6vz
    @michaelmiller-hr6vz 29 днів тому +32

    This stuff is so infuriating- these people who come before these committees NEVER give a straight answers or even say”We were wrong”. It’s so obvious they are.

    • @asdfbeau
      @asdfbeau 27 днів тому

      The point of these hearings is to make the public aware. No justice will be had here- you are expected to watch these and get involved.

    • @argonaught
      @argonaught 3 дні тому

      Because it's all bread and circus. It's just a show to appease the people. To pacify the possibility of a revolt.

  • @lrussell851
    @lrussell851 28 днів тому +32

    Never trust a federal agent.

  • @bigdog1150
    @bigdog1150 Місяць тому +138

    Defund all 3 letter agencies

    • @lemmingfiftyone
      @lemmingfiftyone Місяць тому +3

      and 4 letter agencies, and especially the 5 letter agencies (BATFE)

    • @danaday7266
      @danaday7266 Місяць тому

      agree the FBI, DOJ , ATF etc all work for the Biden administration and just like Biden they all appear to be corrupt

  • @mcpig3240
    @mcpig3240 Місяць тому +206

    Constitutionally vague and obscure. Unconstitutional.

  • @douglashewitt5064
    @douglashewitt5064 Місяць тому +70

    Gaetz is stellar. We need more Repubs like him. More Conservatives.

    • @hill1776
      @hill1776 26 днів тому

      MATT GAETZ IS ALWAYS ARTICULATE AND IN THE FIGHT FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS. TOO BAD OUR WHOLE CONGRESS DOESN’T STAND UP LIKE HE DOES.

    • @jamiekirbitz586
      @jamiekirbitz586 2 дні тому

      Exactly, and that's why the dems are trying to off him by dragging him through court on a shit ton of bogus accusations.

  • @tinas1101
    @tinas1101 29 днів тому +16

    If you can't answer the question you can't do the job

  • @auntlala4971
    @auntlala4971 Місяць тому +152

    Shut down the criminal ATF creeps sneaking around trying to close down small gun owners

  • @beaufred07
    @beaufred07 Місяць тому +417

    Impeach the ATF director!!

    • @Razgriz85
      @Razgriz85 Місяць тому +27

      You misspelled "abolish the atf, imprison every atf agent, especially the director that has lied to congress on multiple occasions, and repeal all gun laws because they're infringements on our right to bear arms."

    • @beaufred07
      @beaufred07 Місяць тому +9

      @@Razgriz85 thanks for fixing my misspelling.😁

    • @tylerjones2695
      @tylerjones2695 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@beaufred07it's the right thought that counts, maybe they're an ocd English teacher, but they feel better now

    • @enforcerridley158
      @enforcerridley158 Місяць тому +1

      But the ATF Director isn't an elected official, therefore cannot be impeached but can ne fired.

    • @ralphcrume2173
      @ralphcrume2173 27 днів тому

      FIRED HIM!

  • @davidkoenigsaecker6132
    @davidkoenigsaecker6132 28 днів тому +16

    This guy should be in jail.🐀💩🤡💯

  • @douglashewitt5064
    @douglashewitt5064 29 днів тому +28

    Convoluted laws need immediate rejection. Define it or reject it. That is the law. ATF is illegal.

  • @erraticstatic70
    @erraticstatic70 Місяць тому +95

    so how is the ATF continually allowed to circumvent the law and the constitution without any consequences!?!

    • @IIcultivatorII
      @IIcultivatorII 29 днів тому +1

      Easy. Have a compromised do nothing government.

    • @K162KingPin
      @K162KingPin 28 днів тому

      Because on the one hand the government wants to take away gun rights. On the other hand they want to appear to be champions fighting for our freedom to own guns. It's all just a show.

  • @robertmichienzie7365
    @robertmichienzie7365 28 днів тому +50

    There is not one single federal agency that is not corrupt

    • @the_inquisitive_inquisitor
      @the_inquisitive_inquisitor 27 днів тому +2

      "Federal" and "corrupt" mean the same thing.

    • @miki_9034
      @miki_9034 26 днів тому +1

      This is all for show, so you can feel better.
      They'll be dining & wining together after this "grilling" session.

  • @BlessedChild7
    @BlessedChild7 29 днів тому +10

    I can swear that this man came to the hearing drunk. He cannot answer simple questions. The ATF needs to be shut down

  • @tombworld9012
    @tombworld9012 Місяць тому +123

    Dettlebach: "Look up what we've published." No, YOU are in charge, YOU need to be able to state on the record what it means. If YOU can't respond YOU need to be removed from the position.

    • @pandoralechat780
      @pandoralechat780 Місяць тому +10

      Guy is a weasel.

    • @KiamichiOzarks
      @KiamichiOzarks Місяць тому +3

      He even looks like a thug, like part of the arkancide mafia.

  • @danmeek928
    @danmeek928 Місяць тому +408

    He’s not gonna answer any question, probably two reasons. Number one he doesn’t know the answers, number two he doesn’t care.

    • @thetest8777
      @thetest8777 Місяць тому +10

      Both

    • @thomaslawson801
      @thomaslawson801 Місяць тому +29

      Number three.
      He doesn't want to be indicted as a co-conspirater to murder.😢

    • @BobM.-to9ji
      @BobM.-to9ji Місяць тому +1

      Watch a republican not answer questions worse, because they are asked reasonable questions by Dems. FDJT

    • @davemurray2880
      @davemurray2880 Місяць тому +23

      Bob can't stop crying .

    • @pricklycactusblossom6790
      @pricklycactusblossom6790 Місяць тому +11

      ​@@davemurray2880😂 I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. And you are correct 💯

  • @agethauno6592
    @agethauno6592 27 днів тому +7

    Why can't these people ever answer a simple question?

  • @CowboyRepublic45
    @CowboyRepublic45 29 днів тому +6

    The ATF needs to go away!

  • @AlanRoehrich9651
    @AlanRoehrich9651 Місяць тому +154

    Under the Constitution, the BATFE has no authority to begin with.

    • @afdgxzghzgfhgfzhazghzdfhxf
      @afdgxzghzgfhgfzhazghzdfhxf Місяць тому +4

      It does, but only to go after criminals and to enforce constitutional laws passed by The Congress.

    • @hbunny322
      @hbunny322 29 днів тому

      The Constitution does not cover any illegal/unlawful 3 letter subcontractor corporation. Nor does it allow a Corporation be a govt. We have NO GOVT, The Federal Govt is a Corporation and belongs to its parent corporation, US INC which controls DC/Dist of Columbia Municipal and Territorial Jurisdictions, including all 3 branch corporations, Military Industrial Complex, Congress Corporation and Corporate Elections. All State and Local govts are also Corporations. Absolutely and completely without the peoples CONSENT or KNOWLEDGE. US INC is a Foreign For Profit Entity. The ATF-DEA-FBI-CIA-DOJ-NSA-DOD-DHS-FCC-FDA-CDC-NIH-DMV etc are all illegal-unlawful and have NO authority-power or control over the people. There is no dem or repub parties every official-politician-public servant works for a Corporation not the people. No president is elected by us, a CEO=fake president, is selected to the Corporation of DC. It has been this way since 1871.

    • @afdgxzghzgfhgfzhazghzdfhxf
      @afdgxzghzgfhgfzhazghzdfhxf 29 днів тому

      @@hbunny322 Ok bro...

  • @jamjedi1972
    @jamjedi1972 Місяць тому +319

    Yeah 400 pages and intentionally made vague as hell. Unbelievable that the ATF is allowed to get by with this crap.

    • @joshlcaudill
      @joshlcaudill Місяць тому +20

      that way you can prosecute enemies and shield friends

    • @cwr8618
      @cwr8618 Місяць тому

      seriously, how is the common citizen, who has their own job and family, supposed to be reading 400 page documents for goverment's way off applying to 1 small sliver of their lives? we're all over-governed, and over-regulated. these lawyers just make everything convoluted and confuse us into oblivion, while enhancing their own positions as 'officials'

    • @jamjedi1972
      @jamjedi1972 Місяць тому +2

      @@joshlcaudill Yep you gotta it brother. So damn unbelievable they can get away with this kinda of crap. But hell this is just the tip of the iceberg,,, I’m sure you’ve seen all the radical nut jobs that will soon be judges? The perfect storm for a full tyrannical country in the making. And we all have front row seats.

    • @rolandsmith4394
      @rolandsmith4394 Місяць тому

      It's the whole deep state federal gov. We need Trump so badly

    • @jeffcastetter6122
      @jeffcastetter6122 Місяць тому +6

      Never a common sense or understandable answer! Bereft of morals or knowledge of ATF’s rules!

  • @stormyweather2837
    @stormyweather2837 29 днів тому +8

    #DEFUND ATF

  • @ltcajh
    @ltcajh Місяць тому +33

    What gives an agency the right to elaborate on law? None!

  • @Todd-zy6gg
    @Todd-zy6gg Місяць тому +105

    DEFUND ATF

    • @donstash4295
      @donstash4295 27 днів тому +1

      ATF defund defund defund delete delete delete

  • @88997799
    @88997799 Місяць тому +205

    Watched all of it. The ATF needs to be defunded.

    • @IIcultivatorII
      @IIcultivatorII 29 днів тому

      Government is compromised and won’t do shit about this

  • @spaceweasel
    @spaceweasel 27 днів тому +6

    This guy thinks he has to explain to Congress what they say when they write laws. He, and poeople like him, should be removed from any government employment!!!

  • @billual
    @billual 27 днів тому +6

    I am in favor of Congress making the laws and a reduced ATF enforcing them. We are getting a bit of heavy with ATF people and I don't think they need to be telling us what to do with the weapons we owned

  • @user-gc7zt5cw3x
    @user-gc7zt5cw3x Місяць тому +309

    Does the ATF believe I’m safer if criminals are the only ones who are allowed to own weapons!

    • @FosterTravis1071
      @FosterTravis1071 Місяць тому +33

      As long as you are disarmed, they could care less.

    • @kevind1650
      @kevind1650 Місяць тому

      yes. The federal government has determined that guns in the possession of everyday traditional Americans who don't agree politically with their extreme leftixt masters are the greatest threat to power they face.

    • @LRRPFco52
      @LRRPFco52 Місяць тому +19

      That's the point. Citizens disarmed, begging for more police to "fight" criminals, with their budget and staffing constantly increasing.

    • @PleaseNThankYou
      @PleaseNThankYou Місяць тому +3

      Yes

    • @kathybray2838
      @kathybray2838 Місяць тому

      They don’t want you “safer”, they want you vulnerable to their own attack!

  • @michaeltraugott5382
    @michaeltraugott5382 Місяць тому +95

    So the ATF director didn't answer any questions

  • @patwoodare84
    @patwoodare84 29 днів тому +7

    What a dork. Defund them!

  • @user-bn9xx4yz1n
    @user-bn9xx4yz1n 28 днів тому +7

    so is he blaming congress for this man's murder?

  • @cbalways484
    @cbalways484 Місяць тому +40

    Yeah it’s time to disband.

  • @SZE3719
    @SZE3719 Місяць тому +32

    As a former Police Officer the actions of the ATF are totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL, APPALLING, DISGRACEFUL & DISGUSTING. Look at the whole scenario: To start with, it was a search warrant not an arrest warrant, Mr.Malinowski had no criminal record at all, LEGALLY & CONSTITUTIONALLY EVERY homeowner (& citizen for that matter) has the right to self-defense especially in their own home to use whatever force is necessary to stop an intruder if they feel their lives are threatened. Mr Malinowski & his wife are asleep in their beds, the ATF cuts the power to the house (which means there is now very little to no light in the entire house), & I think they also jammed the frequencies to the mobile devices (which means they can't call 911) & the ATF breaks down/smashes down the door & the homeowners are awakened by the noise of the door being smashed down. They like any other normal person with a half a brain would think that they have an intruder in the house, he loads a gun (mine would've been already loaded) & goes to investigate to see if there is an intruder or intruders in the house. Remember the power is cut to the house, it is dark & going to see if there are intruders he sees a subject or subjects in front of him. Feeling that both him & his wife's lives are threatened he does what any normal person with half of brain SHOULD DO, he shoots the gun at the intruder/intruders & the ATF shoot & kill/ murder/ assassinate him. WHAT A PATHETIC DISGRACEFUL JOKE!! Mr. Malinowski was defending both his & his wife's lives & the ATF murders him for CONSTITUTIONALLY & LEGALLY defending their own lives against intruders in their own house whose appearances can't be well recognized BECAUSE THEY/THE ATF CUT THE POWER TO THE HOUSE. THIS WAS A TOTAL HIT JOB/ ASSASSINATION BY THE ATF. EVERY ATF AGENT INVOLVED IN THIS INCLUDING THEIR SUPERIORS & DETTLEBAUCH NEED TO. BE FIRED, CHARGED W/MURDER, PROSECUTED & SENT TO PRISON. THE ATF DID NOT HAVE TO & SHOULD NOT HAVE HANDLED A SEARCH WARRANT IN THIS MANNER

    • @froggienm71
      @froggienm71 27 днів тому +5

      100% in agreement sir

    • @SZE3719
      @SZE3719 27 днів тому +4

      @@froggienm71AMEN

    • @duanehopland7506
      @duanehopland7506 27 днів тому +3

      yes sir !

    • @d454b
      @d454b 26 днів тому

      Not trolling: I agree 100% with you. Can you explain what the ATF was thinking? Was this a heavy handed cluster-eff or the ATF finding a solution outside the courts? Would love to hear thoughts. Thx

    • @user-kp9sc6jh3e
      @user-kp9sc6jh3e 26 днів тому

      ​@@froggienm71accurately stated

  • @eriesniper
    @eriesniper 28 днів тому +6

    I can't listen to this fool Dettlebach anymore.

  • @Blue_Siberian
    @Blue_Siberian 28 днів тому +6

    None of them will ever answer the questions

  • @rogergolden8950
    @rogergolden8950 Місяць тому +77

    Hopefully justice will prevail. Save taxpayers money and live. ATF is the Presidents hit squad..

    • @virginiahunt357
      @virginiahunt357 Місяць тому

      Exactly

    • @Divided-we-fall
      @Divided-we-fall Місяць тому

      We desperately need at least a third party with enough seats in congress and the Senate to break the monopoly the Democrats and Republicans have created. Our founding fathers literally warned us against allowing a 2 party system to come to power

    • @carl6153
      @carl6153 29 днів тому

      Residents hit squad,NOT MY PRESIDENT EVER
      FJB

  • @raptorman48
    @raptorman48 Місяць тому +274

    The infringements on the second amendment must stop! We have the right to keep and bare arms period end of story!

    • @ray.shoesmith
      @ray.shoesmith Місяць тому +4

      You have a right to wear short sleeves.

    • @REDMAN298
      @REDMAN298 Місяць тому +7

      What does the right to bear arms really mean? The right to bear arms generally refers to a person's right to possess weapons. Over the years, the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution's right to bear arms as an individual self-defense right, making it very difficult for Congress to regulate guns.

    • @Echo_Charlie
      @Echo_Charlie Місяць тому +14

      @@REDMAN298 No, the right to possess is the KEEP part of "keep and bear". The bear part means to carry on their person. The second amendment grants the people the right to own and carry on their person armaments (the weapons, ammunition, and materials necessary to conduct warfare). We keep watering it down to a gun issue, but realistically people owned warships, field artillery, and explosives in addition to firearms. To borrow the words of one who lived during the drafting of these amendments "...Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American… The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people." - Tench Coxe

    • @DrDangerPuppy
      @DrDangerPuppy Місяць тому

      @@Echo_Charlie Nice! I haven't seen that one.
      “The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all
      power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by
      themselves; that it is their right
      and duty to be at all times armed.” - Thomas Jefferson,
      letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824
      “A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include,
      according to the past and general usage of the states, all men
      capable of bearing arms… “To preserve liberty, it is essential
      that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught
      alike, especially when young, how to use them.” - Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18,
      January 25, 1788
      “The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States
      who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” - Samuel
      Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788
      “The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the
      palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong
      moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and
      will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance,
      enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” - Joseph
      Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

    • @DrDangerPuppy
      @DrDangerPuppy Місяць тому

      @@ray.shoesmith It's a burden we bear.

  • @luvya9471
    @luvya9471 28 днів тому +9

    Honest answers are straight forward. You give answers like this when your hiding or covering up what your really up to.

  • @mapostman
    @mapostman 28 днів тому +4

    Why can’t these bureaucrats be honest? Because they don’t know what honesty is.

  • @CountryFenderBass
    @CountryFenderBass Місяць тому +52

    They make it vague so they can arrest anyone they wish…

    • @jastar7350
      @jastar7350 28 днів тому +1

      and 400 pages long so no one will read it.
      Einstein said if you can’t explain it plainly then you don’t understand it.

  • @MrStringman58
    @MrStringman58 Місяць тому +162

    Not a single question was answered. Looks like a typical Congressional hearing. It’s no wonder we look at these people with such contempt.

  • @MrJohnnyb42
    @MrJohnnyb42 29 днів тому +9

    I can't even watch this. Despicable!

  • @louskunt9798
    @louskunt9798 29 днів тому +4

    That director is corrupt and dirty. Period.

  • @mudduck851
    @mudduck851 Місяць тому +136

    If the director of the ATF cannot articulate what the law that takes 16 pages to write how in gods green earth will the normal person ever be able to navigate this law.

    • @TaylorTEK
      @TaylorTEK Місяць тому +22

      They don't want them to, thats the point.

    • @kathybray2838
      @kathybray2838 Місяць тому +10

      Exactly correct!

    • @mcpig3240
      @mcpig3240 Місяць тому

      They're not, they want us to break their contrived laws so they can scare the rest of us into compliance and subjugation.

    • @telesniper2
      @telesniper2 Місяць тому +9

      Yes it should be void for vagueness under ex post facto

    • @kennethmoles4643
      @kennethmoles4643 Місяць тому +15

      That's the point. The ATF gets to decide how it's interpreted for each incident.

  • @USATRUMP
    @USATRUMP Місяць тому +161

    Disband the ATF, FBI, CIA. Reeeeeee 🐸

    • @jimplante7699
      @jimplante7699 Місяць тому +16

      And the U.N.

    • @auntlala4971
      @auntlala4971 Місяць тому +15

      ​@@jimplante7699don't forget the dept of education awful agency

    • @user-cp2sx8gp2z
      @user-cp2sx8gp2z Місяць тому

      Yes, all of our institutions have been infiltrated by the ivyleague communists, defund all and support your local sheriff.

    • @duanehopland7506
      @duanehopland7506 27 днів тому +2

      cdc and all three letter agencies abolished, defunded ,done away with

  • @Voitan
    @Voitan 29 днів тому +2

    Disband the ATF.

  • @user-iq9zw1ve7b
    @user-iq9zw1ve7b 29 днів тому +3

    You ever notice these guys can never give a straight answer

  • @Magnum-vl9hl
    @Magnum-vl9hl Місяць тому +35

    Abolish FBI, ATF, Patriot Act

  • @SueStrech-xi7xf
    @SueStrech-xi7xf Місяць тому +31

    He dances. He is a coward to tell the truth

  • @dodgethis12
    @dodgethis12 Місяць тому +15

    Defund the ATF

  • @L0rdDeLtA
    @L0rdDeLtA Місяць тому +5

    This dude needs to get life in prison. Always beating around the question and not answering at all

  • @TheGlitched-NPC
    @TheGlitched-NPC 29 днів тому +6

    Less than 1% of Americans have watched this. Very sad to see how little people care about their rights.

  • @krow7402
    @krow7402 Місяць тому +35

    "Behavior based, not numerical based." Which means the ATF can pick and choose who it applies to at their discretion.

  • @waymanbell
    @waymanbell Місяць тому +27

    How int he Hell would a regular person know how many gun sales make you a dealer if the ATF doesn't even know! ??

  • @OdinForce4
    @OdinForce4 27 днів тому +5

    The director should know the law that he is supposed to enforce

  • @Mojo-ms8th
    @Mojo-ms8th Місяць тому +3

    Damn it what the hell this is the United States get rid of the ATF, simple defund

  • @Jerry_Fried
    @Jerry_Fried Місяць тому +52

    The real question is what are real people in the real world supposed to do to remain safe and legal, but the ATF can only address it in abstract and theoretical terms. The ATF is completely detached from real-world behavior and consequences.

  • @robertmize327
    @robertmize327 Місяць тому +5

    This is what a murderer sounds like.

  • @PassengerInMortality
    @PassengerInMortality 26 днів тому +3

    This dishonest director *never* answers a question.

  • @thornunia5057
    @thornunia5057 Місяць тому +2

    Make Law and put them out of business.

  • @wodmike
    @wodmike Місяць тому +31

    Has there ever been a question answered in a congress hearing?

    • @virtuaguyverify
      @virtuaguyverify Місяць тому +3

      No, because everything they do is illegal. If you watch enough of these, all they do is go around the questions or say "we'll get back to you"

    • @pandoralechat780
      @pandoralechat780 Місяць тому +1

      @@virtuaguyverify Yes. This cannot continue or democracy will perish.

    • @NoMoreInfo4You
      @NoMoreInfo4You Місяць тому +1

      Never.

  • @marystecky2013
    @marystecky2013 Місяць тому +94

    I hope when President Trump gets back in he looks at the three letter agencies !

    • @avawilliams4227
      @avawilliams4227 Місяць тому +5

      Yes! All of them.

    • @digitalsiler
      @digitalsiler Місяць тому +2

      oh he will
      he will try to strengthen their immunity so they'll never be held accountable

    • @allanfranklin9615
      @allanfranklin9615 Місяць тому +5

      Yes, he should go back to his time on The Apprentice, "You're FIRED!" ATF, FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS, DEA, DHS, fire them all and start over.

    • @southerntrendkiller2632
      @southerntrendkiller2632 Місяць тому +6

      He won’t do jack shit. He spoke at the NRA last week and said “I protected your right to hunt”. He thinks 2A is about hunting and not the reason it’s actually written.

  • @exlibrisross
    @exlibrisross Місяць тому +2

    As someone from Northern Ireland, I've never really understood what the ATF is for. I can't get my head around why they focus on decent law abiding Americans! If alcohol, tobacco & firearms are all legal, why on earth do they spend so much time & money harassing the 'good guys' with guns, all those who follow the law, & ignoring for the most part, the 'bad guys' with guns, who never abide by the law in the first place! I've heard a Senator say, "Sometimes the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun". Sounds like wisdom to me. Blessings from Belfast.

  • @williamcorrin5865
    @williamcorrin5865 28 днів тому +2

    I hope this goes viral, people need to know ATF are extremist, and do what ever they wish.

  • @billybubba8344
    @billybubba8344 Місяць тому +12

    Disband this criminal organization

  • @andrewspringer3565
    @andrewspringer3565 Місяць тому +39

    Ysll need to shut them down. We follow laws not rules from the aft.

  • @americanme3239
    @americanme3239 28 днів тому +2

    That guy needs to be in front of the group who wants to disarm us. I bet hell chicken out.😅😂😅

  • @paythesnucka4100
    @paythesnucka4100 28 днів тому +2

    We want justice!!!

  • @rutroh8247
    @rutroh8247 Місяць тому +29

    These agencies should not be creating rules or regulation. They should be enforcing the law. If there is s LAW saying something is illegal, then it's illegal. If there's NO LAW saying something is illegal then it's legal. There should be ZERO "well we have it outlined in 400+ pages to TRY to explain this or that". If you can't explain it in 1 page, then the ones who are coming up with it have no friggin clue what they're talking about and it should be tossed out.

    • @pandoralechat780
      @pandoralechat780 Місяць тому +2

      ATF is lawless.

    • @DeltaDanner
      @DeltaDanner 26 днів тому

      They can’t make laws or rules, just “interpret” them. So they have the full power to “interpret” the law however they see fit and we pay for that “interpretation” with our taxes, our freedom, and even our lives.

  • @waltergates9616
    @waltergates9616 Місяць тому +26

    Can't stand looking at this atf boss!

  • @BaldVulture87
    @BaldVulture87 29 днів тому +2

    Send em all to jail.

  • @1Sierra47
    @1Sierra47 28 днів тому +2

    ATF laws seem to be so ambiguous even the ATF can't explain what they are. Ridiculous!

  • @browneyelady6726
    @browneyelady6726 Місяць тому +36

    He wrote it with loopholes. Why can't it be clear with NO ambiguity.

  • @mickeyandres2651
    @mickeyandres2651 Місяць тому +16

    They waited for him, that wasn’t necessary for a search……
    The ATF needs to be held accountable and explain why?!

  • @ronalinen5611
    @ronalinen5611 20 днів тому +1

    That man had every right to protect his house. They should be sued, sued,sued, and personally sued also, get a good lawyer lady.

  • @edwhite7457
    @edwhite7457 Місяць тому +37

    Liberal blah, blah, blah and nothing gets said. #wordsalad

  • @Glidedon
    @Glidedon Місяць тому +22

    So over 400 pages of shall not infringe ?

  • @Willrocs
    @Willrocs 25 днів тому +2

    This is type of person our founding fathers warned us about

  • @thedeejm5032
    @thedeejm5032 27 днів тому +1

    This should be all over the news. Not just on a random UA-cam algorithm.

  • @RazorTube55
    @RazorTube55 Місяць тому +50

    "My position is that I don't have a position. It's all written down."

  • @mjdzfun
    @mjdzfun Місяць тому +41

    ATF: writes draconian rule w/o clear language.
    Courts: you can’t do that. Not what Congress intended. Blocked.
    Congress: tell us about this rule, it’s murky, not what we intended & you will abuse it.
    ATF: can’t discuss pending court case.
    What a 3-Card Monty!

  • @robertmott-smith433
    @robertmott-smith433 Місяць тому +2

    ATF wants to make it possible to charge any gun owner, any time they want. "They kept telling him he was guilty, but wouldn't tell him of what."

  • @Username-hw6ee
    @Username-hw6ee 29 днів тому +3

    If only the atf spent some time and effort into fighting illegal firearms amongst inner city gangs… crazy…

  • @cliffart7398
    @cliffart7398 Місяць тому +52

    why repeat what Gaetz already said and not just answer the question.

    • @calvinhobbes6118
      @calvinhobbes6118 Місяць тому +6

      Hes filibustering. Bureaucrats should not be allowed to filibuster. This is 100% US Congress's fault.