During his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday afternoon, longtime gun control activist David Chipman decried lying on a background check form during the purchase of
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While President Joe Biden claimed he wanted to create unity, the fact that there is a David Chipman confirmation hearing suggests otherwise. Chipman, a former ATF agent and advisor to anti-gun groups, has made his opinions about the Second Amendment and gun owners very clear.
Yet he’s who Biden tapped to lead the agency most likely to cause problems for gun owners.
Even in rough-and-tumble 21st-century Washington politics, the confirmation process for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can be brutal.
One former ATF agent once likened it to walking into a buzz saw.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on Saturday approved the modified enhanced community quarantine status for Iloilo City starting May 23.