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David Chipman is undergoing the confirmation hearings to become head of the ATF. There’s not much chance of him getting a lot of Republican support, either. After all, Chipman has made his post ATF career all about his support for curtailing the Second Amendment rights of American citizens.
If Chipman is going to get confirmed, he needs Democrats to unify behind his nomination.
Several national organizations representing law enforcement officers are applauding President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ahead of his confirmation hearing Wednesday, according to correspondence obtained by CNN.
confirmation and the gun policy question today. you know, i literally could not believe that some of my colleagues, senator cruz, who proceeded me, are railing against this nominee, mr. chipman, who by the way, 25 years of experience with the agency. investigated the world trade center bombing, investigating the oklahoma city bombing. completely kwaufd for this job. and because he holds views that the vast majority of americans hold, like 90% of them support universal background checks so he gets criticized for these common sense views. while we have an ongoing mass shooting where we know there are already eight deaths. one after the other, one after the other, one after the other. i guess the irony was lost on them, but i don t think it should be lost on the american people that we need a competent