'Does This Reduce Crime?': Tom Tiffany Grills ATF Director On Biden FFL Policy
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- At Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) questioned ATF Director Steven Dettelbach.
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They’ll take away your ffl business for a spelling error but they’ll intentionally sell AKs to drug cartels with no accountability
Where can I read this story i am interested in learning what these people are actually doing
The cia and fbi sold crack to Americans in the 80s to fund a war in Central America and they had the audacity to lock up Americans afterwards
Exactly! Hyprocrites at its finest.
So why are they not in jail 🤔
Ahem... Lets not forget the Taliban.
ATF Director Steven Dettelbach is a joke.
Yes. Yes he is. Just like his boss, Senile Sniffy, AKA 'the Big Guy.'
And a bad one at that
That's putting it mildly...
The whole ATF is a joke and needs to be dismantled.
The ATF itself is a joke
*_THIS GUY WORKS AT HIGHEST LEVEL OF ATF AND HE KNOWS NOTHING OF THERE OPERATIONS? HOW?? HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED AND DISMANTLE ALL ATF OPERATIONS!!!_*
The Gun DOESN'T commit the Crime it's the PERSON USING THE GUN
FFL's are the ATFs 1st line of defense against criminal conduct. They should be supporting them not shutting them down for simple clerical errors which are NOT "willful ".
Indeed in the Fast & Furious Debacle... EVERY one of the FFL holders had Warned the local Police that Straw Purchasing may be going on. When local Police contacted the BATF... THey were TOLD to ALLOW the Sales.
Over 120 deaths in Mexico directly Linked to the F & F Scandal!
This is a continuation of the ATF's program during the Clinton administration to drive FFLs out of business and backdoor the citizen's ability to buy a firearm. Under Clinton ATF reduced the number of FFLs from 250,000 to less than 70,000 (by almost 75%). Ya know it's funny how the ATF is foaming at the mouth to revoke FFLs and prosecute law abiding citizens for minor clerical errors, yet they don't appear to have any problem with a 'prohibited person' intentionally (and criminally) lying on a 4473 just because his last name is 'Biden'!
FFLs are also coerced co-conspirators as hybrid law enforcers tasked with processing the people's requests for permission to exercise their rights on-behalf of ATF.
FFLs and NICS are told to us that they are "1st line of defense against criminals conduct." But the reality is anything but the exact opposite of that. BGCs are a violation of the 4th amendment. As well as the fact that 99% of initial denials are false positives. Meaning that people who are indeed NOT prohibited persons, are therefore disbarred from acquiring firearms because the FBI screwd up their background check and get the wrong ID back for that person who is legally allowed to own firearms. 50% of those wrongfully denied do succeed in litigation to have their rights then recognized by the Gov, but had to pay $5,000+ for an attorney to fix what the Gov messed up. And the other 49% are dropped because after the FBI moves those denials to the ATF to determine whether or not to follow up with legal action(prosecution); the ATF then finds that that 49% of initial denials moved to them are not subject to federal prosecution.
There is no justifaction for FFL's nor NICS. Abolish it.
I didn't fight in Afghanistan so i could ask permission to exercise my rights. The 14th amendment says no state shall make or enforce ANY laws that take away your privileges' and immunities, the constitutions supremacy clause article 6 clause 2 says the constitution takes priority over any conflicting law, and the second amendment says I have a right to keep AND bear arms. Anyone who enforces gun laws should be charged under U.S. Code title 18 section 242 or 241 if multiple people are involved. Stand up for your freedoms, these tyrants belong in prison.
There inlays the problem. You fought in a foreign land against people who weren't your enemy and never threatened our alleged freedom. Matter of fact, it was used to justify things such as the patriot act etc. So in essence, you fought against your own freedom and perpetuated the military industrial complex while further strengthening the police state...
This is why I didn't reenlist. The disillusionment of "service" is a hard truth to come to terms with.
@@anonymous7.627 Man you took the words out of my mouth. I did my time too And it took me a bit to realize and come to conclusion that I did not fight for freedom I fought for the military industrial complex big farmer big oil Nowhere in the cities of Iraq or Africa or Bosnia did I find stored locked away the freedoms of American people
Thank you for your service and I agree...fully.
It's looking like removing this government is becoming inevitable.
Well said! And those Americans who forfeit their rights, by complying and not exercising their rights, have no authority over what rights I "shall" and will exercise!
Ask him if he can comment on the house representatives revoking all their funding, see if he would have some idea of what an answer would look like.
ATF is stonewalling and ommiting facts as usual.
This guy reminds me of the big kid in gym class that couldn't run, do a push up, dribble a basketball and never showered, but ended up passing the class.
Cause daddy was on school board
EXACTLY!!
yep
Yea, the same big kid that walked the hallways, picking on those smaller than himself, until the so called school bully was close enough to stop him.
"There are serious penalties for lying on those forms"... unless, of course, by coincidence, their name rhymes with Bunter Hidin"
Hey, nobody effs with a Biden, Jack!
In this administration your never gonna get a straight answer !!! FJB AND HE’S ADMINISTRATION !!! All of them !!!
FJB and everyone who voted for him!
My next question would have been, “Why is it still ‘ongoing’?”
There are a helluva lot of “ongoing investigations” that executive branch people can’t comment on.
its ongoing until everyone forgets about it, then they quietly drop charges
How dare they say they are not going to comment. I don’t understand who they think they are. Certainly don’t believe they are the people’s servants and that we have no right to know. These people drive me nuts!
I hate to be cruel but this ATF guy is soooo unqualified and his body language is unnerving. He pulls himself physically back on questions, he turtles, he keeps doin this minimizing thing with his hand as he retreats. He reminds me of Deputy Dawg the cartoon dog. But cmon, THIS is who’s in charge of the freeking ATF???? This guy is soooo out of his element and UNQUALIFIED!!!
Audrey he reminds me more of Musky the muskrat lol with his zigging and zagging. Thanks for the memories of that cartoon! I haven't seen it for 50 years.
He reminds me of Turtle Man from Dana Carvey's Master of Disguise.
That's not cruel. That's just factual reality.
Same for a lot of individuals in this administration
@@Deuce_Dufresne this man was the tall awkward teen that had height but couldn’t dribble or shoot a basketball. Too uncoordinated to skate in hockey. Just a big dorky goof born to rich folks. Now grown up he wants to bully the maximum amount of people for as long as he can.
I am sure the ATF legal team had a heart attack by the ATF director statement that you can just take the pistol brace off the gun and separate them / set them apart. Not that it should even be a requirement, but now you can leave your normal buffer tube on the shorty pistol and not worry about it. That came directly from the ATF director's mouth in this hearing. Make sure that point is shared far and wide. It stuck me because I peronally took my buffer tube off and put pistol buffer tube on or replaced the barrel with 16+ inchers to ensure compliance, but this news and clarification is very important. It appears I did not need to after all. Share this point wide and far and those with video editor should make a shorty meme out of it and replay it wide and far... There should be no more door knocking after this for pistol braces. The ATF director just put that operation against law abiding American's to rest.
I noticed his statement, too, that he made under oath. We all know damn well that in the near future, AFT will be arresting gun owners who keep their braces. In court, we can use a video clip of Herr Direktor himself testifying to Congress that we are allowed to keep our braces with NO penalties.
Does this guy know anything at all about the agency he runs?
Defund the ATF..
REPEAL the federal income tax AMENDMENT and property taxes. Take away their play money
Abolish
Nothing like internal investigations and then putting restrictions on yourself
He is a perfect federal agency head. Can't answer a direct question, has no idea what his agency is doing, and shields his employees from consequences when they violate their own policies.
He should be charged with aiding to cover up a crime
"Does closing down these FFLs reduce crime?"...... "Ugh umm.. hmf uh... eh.. eum.. ugm..."
None of these proposed bills reduce crime. The bills are another part of the puzzle, intended to disarm those who are not compliant with the progressive agenda; in other words, those who are loyal to our Constitutional Republic and the Constitution of the USA.
It should remembered that the Waco standoff was started because the ATF raided a private compound looking for firearms. 90 people were killed because of the ATF.
Murdered them people
What’s the ATF’s position on fatherless sons? God forbid we talk about root causes of problems
Ding. Ding. Ding. I believe the last I read, kids who grow up without fathers are 80% more likely to go to prison.
Problem is, how do you FIX that? You can't FORCE parents to stay together. And if they can't(or won't) get along, would that really be what's best for the sons anyway?
@@epickett63 my parents didn’t get along. Slept in separate rooms every night. My dad flat out told me and my two brothers he was only staying with my mom because of us. He raised us to be men, and when we could support ourselves, they got divorced. I’d be in a bad place if he didn’t stick around.
He can't comment because his boss would fire him.
WHAT A CLOWN!!! GET HIM OUT NOW!!
Go Tom! Thank You for Sticking Up for the FFL's. God Bless You!
After watching all this, involving the hearing, its quite clear this man has no business being head of the atf...
He pontificated on a ATF operation he absolutely had no idea of and just spewed nothing but general terms. “We have investigated the issues and have made changes in the agency”. Reviewed, modified, status, person, weapons, referral, attorney generals office, the ongoing investigations, can’t comment of long standing policy. Such word salads.
Their speech writers draw heavily from "The Book Of Euphemisms" as well as Roget's Thesaurus. Every time Biden see's that word he wonders why the Thesaurus didn't go extinct with the rest of the dinosaurs.
Just like heel's up harris! 🤣🤣🤣
Like the female agent that was seen photographing an FFLs record book with her personal phone.
How did this guy get his job?!?!? Who the hell hired him?!?!?
People see and believe so hard that it becomes reality. This whole nation has gone mental.
Congress should pass laws that specifically prohibit the ATF from running or being involved in any form of "storefront" operation or any kind of operation that attempts to entice people into breaking the law.
Is it illegal of them to say they can't answer about a on going investigation when not investigating.
We are investigating tho.... but seems they are not on our side were investigating yet not getting the help we need?! Hmmm.... interesting question for real.
Seems they are still digging through our shit no one wants to admit who is on who's side.
Love how he set him up over the form 4473 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
my favorite was "youve rejected more FFLs, yes?"
"Yes"
"has crime gone down?"
"HAH! UHHH SHIT UHHHHH......."
This ATF Director doesn't give me a great deal of trust in the ATF.
The rule where they can say "no I'm not going to reveal ongoing operation." This should be automatic contempt or something like that. 15 days in jail
Can't comment on a ongoing investigation has become a real easy excuse to not answer questions. What a terrific cover up strategy.
Ongoing investigation does not mean until hell freezes over!
its been ongoing for like 3 years and All I had to do was take 1 look at a video and 1 look at a criminal record and wow boy I completed the investigation! ATF is lazy I guess
Right!!!!
The guy is a joke, Jack. Defund and abolish the ATF.
He can't comment on the two tier "just-us" system.
I'm in the UK, so have very limited knowledge on gun issues, but I have watched a few of these videos and this ATF guy is a clueless chump (no doubt overpaid too).
"I refuse to comment on our on going criminal activity, as it could hurt our ability to commit crimes, and also endanger the safety of our Gastopo!!!"
"We're here to go after criminals"
Yeah right Matt Hover is your average criminal.
How are they still investigating hunter? How incompetent do you need to be to not be able to find evidence of a crime with hunter? He records most of his crime. Either they dont have eyes or they are comically inept at their jobs. Fire them all, into the sea.
If he did not know about fast & furious.. He is unqualified.
They just openly admit that the application of the law system is a revolving door or responsibly.
"reinforced the law but it's up to the justice department to decide who the prosecute" in other words Hunter Biden can't be prosecuted even though he's breaking laws that they arrest and imprison regular people for. "
Traitors should swing.
Unbelievable idiocracy! And, this is your ATF policy makers!
They should ask the ATF guy there are plenty of car accidents that kill people every day should we ban cars 🚗
Incapable of answering a direct question. What a joke
The quickest way to "reduce crime" is to close the southern border, as it should be. Putting a Lawyer in charge of the ATF will only ensure that LAW ABIDING citizens lose their Constitutional rights.
I mean aside from the racism, yes.
"No, but it makes us tyrants sleep better at night." -ATF
What's to investigate? Hunter admitted lying in his book.
Making it a never-ending investigation means prosecutors won't have to talk about it and people will "forget", so the issue will quietly go away.
Yes that's what happens when it's the gobber mentality insane
They're just trying to run out the statute of limitations clock; whereupon they'll shrug their shoulders and say "Wadda we gonna do - hey we tried, but the clerk was out sick and then the typewriter broke, and nobody knew how to fix a manual typewriter." We'll get him next time. Meanwhile, we got FFL's licenses to revoke for following the procedure we just changed without telling them.
I really wonder if anything the ATF has done during its checkered history has had any statistically valid impact on crime involving alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.
They were originally a revenue collecting arm of the Treasury Department, just like the IRS but with a smaller purview.
The questions to ask are "Why did the BATF become the ATF and a part of the Justice Department instead of a tax-crime and revenue collecting bureau of the Treasury Department?" and "Why is a former bureau of the Treasury Department armed as heavily as the FBI, a real Law Enforcement Agency?"
This makes me think that I can easily run for office in any government, and i don't know shit about any of it.
They've NEVER reduced crime. It's not even about that.
Give all ATF agent and employees a Bud Light and give em the final notice. #standforthesecond
Wow🇺🇸😎gun up.
They never answer a republicans question. Why?
the ATF should be abolished and every member of the ATF locked up for treason
His answer is the biggest yes I've ever seen. If you can't answer because it'll endanger people actively, that means yes
Seems the ATF needs renaming to DTO (Domestic Terrorist Organization).
So since they have auctions in 12 states that we know about, they need to be asked about when people where turning those weapons into the law enforcement, what happen to those weapons it was done to gey those weapons off are streets. The point did those law enforcement officials take and auction those weapons back off to be put back on are streets foe the states profits
How quickly he melts when cornered. 🧐
You should get a day in prison for each question you don't answer. And fired if you lie. What is going on? 😥 🇺🇸
3:30 oh what happened here? I thought less guns equals less death..? No?
When has it ever reduced crime? Oh…NEVER!
@3:40 the fact that he laughed at that question shows that he and the atf are knowingly doing wrong.
Yet another director of a huge, unimaginably powerful federal agency who has no idea what his agency is doing.
All this is illegal. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
Who let Gomer Pyle, In the house.!
SD looks like an unfortunate cross between a dog and a walrus.
how do these people have no idea what's going on in the department they're supposedly running? and then they rely on "public reporting" for information would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad
If any government agency like the ATF refuses to answer questions then may I suggest we all refuse to cooperate when they ask questions.ATF = "Do you have any firearms"? WE = Again,I cannot answer that question".
😂😂😂😂
Yeah,that is why they are claiming its still under investigation,so Noone has to answer any questions about it. The American people have already came to a conclusion on this matter. So I guess the question is,who are we paying to handle this? They seem woefully incompetent and should be disbanded.ATF
Agree we did our investigation time to remove the scum
Evil will do that.... they will keep this corruption going as long as they are being allowed to
Since the ATF seems to love inventing new unconstitutional “rules” so much, perhaps Congress can make one that says “All agency directors and senior federal employees lose 5th amendment protections when acting in an official capacity and go directly to prison if they attempt to evade questioning when appearing before Congress.”
Why does that ATF guy look so goofy 🤣🤣🤣
This guy needs to go!
Ask him directly who ordered the ATF to ramp up its rage at FFLs !!!
Its just soo sad, we have all these different agencies, but they cannot keep their $#!T together. I don't want the tax dollars I work soo hard to pay for these nonsense individuals who have no idea what they are doing to run an agency for the federal government.
This Guy Could not even run a Pop Stand
In his words, if you do the simple math of his other intentions. Not finding the "silver bullet" and working on one issue. He said to work on ALL ISSUES Problem is , the only issue the ATF genuinely has in sight is the second amendment. I could have conveyed this a bit more eloquently but my point is EVERY "ISSUE" that they find will start at things like braces and soon move to every single layer of firearms until nothing is left, everything is a convenient issue when you're ultimate goal is absolute control.
the one thing this adm is good at is sending our money to others.
Tom Tiffany sucks at questioning. Seriously that was terrible. And Congress needs to pass a law that DOJ cannot hide behind ongoing investigations.
The one law enforcement agency that should be defunded is the ATF a total waist of money
This guy needs to be waterboarded.
The ATF is supposed to be a regulatory and accountability agency, NOT an enforcement agency with a fuckin' stormtrooper tactical team. They're operating WAY out of their lane, and they need to be taken down a few pegs if not completely dismantled.
You obviously don't know what the heck you're talking about. Why do you think they showed up at Waco? I'm certain those people harbored some of the same feelings you have.
Dettelbach was a classmate of Obama's at Harvard and worked with him as a summer associate at a Chicago law firm. hummm
This dirrector wants a 2 tier justice system and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.
If the last name was Trump he would talk about it. Boy, you would not be able to shut him up and there would be a book. Why are they allowed to hide forever by calling things they don't want to prosecute ongoing, and why has congress not changed the law to compel them to comply? Useless.
Decade ago, and he's claiming he can't talk about it? I hope Trump gets in and puts up a Board of Judges to handle these Agencies that over step their Authority in any way! IRS, ATF, CIA, FBI, all need their powers stripped back to their original duties and authorities!
If you are funded through tax dollars, you should not have the option to refuse to answer questions. Every operation conducted by the ATF is funded by the citizens. If the citizens want to know what operations you are doing, you should be required to disclose.
Agree
That's why I vote we start a cooperation above the fbi and Cia to monitor and keep watch over them all. We are not looking to 1 up our be better or fight for the authority were sound,fair and concerned about our country. I don't see why not. Seems that God needs a place in all this to keep them all in line to me. Now my grants and inheritances should be enough to get that kicking.
One word: Duh.
this law will definitely prevent gun crimes .
Kinda sounds like the ATF is a waste of oxygen. Unfringed is the key word.
This guy heads up the ATF? Unreal. Gomer Pyle in the flesh. How the ($)@ does that happen?
Hey Dettelbach, do you know what WILLFUL means?????? Great job Mr Tiffany!
We can't talk about that
Glad to see Penguin Nadler getting his nap in.
If he's NOT ALOUD to answer the questions why is up there wasting every bodies time
it seems this congressman is as bright as the ATF director he seems to be unable to ask a question any better than the ATF can answer one
The director seem like a nice guy, but he’s a pawn