The ATF Director landed himself in the hot seat after his latest assault on freedom.
He was in shambles after one Congressman grilled him.
And Biden’s ATF Director was asked one question that left him a sputtering mess.
Biden’s ATF Director can’t explain the new universal background check rule
Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled the Biden administration’s latest attack on the Second Amendment in April with a new universal background rule.
Millions of gun owners were instantly turned into potential criminals if they didn’t run a federal background check for a gun they sold to a friend or handed down to someone in their family.
The distinction between a federally licensed firearms dealer and a private citizen looking to unload an extra gun is completely erased under the rule.
That’s why the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steve Dettelbach appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about the rule during a hearing.
Dettelbach – the nation’s top firearms regulator – was reeling trying to defend the new universal background check rule.
Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) grilled him about the number of firearms a private citizen would have to sell before they would need a Federal Firearms License (FFL).
“If I want to sell a gun that I currently own to a friend in Texas, do I need a license?” Roy asked.
“So the getting into the specifics of the role, which is in litigation . . .,” Dettelbach replied
“This ought to be a really simple question,” Roy interjected.
Delletlbach continued to dodge the question.
“I understand,” Dettelbach replied. “So, you look at the totality of the circumstances. If we’re talking about an isolated sale from somebody who is not engaged in the business of dealing firearms, you don’t need a license.”
But Roy wasn’t going to let him get away with not answering it.
“So if I, a citizen of this country, I live in Texas, I have a weapon and I want to sell it to a fellow Texan, on an isolated basis, do I need a license?” Roy asked.
“Again, if, if you’re not engaged in the business of selling firearms, those are Congress’s word,” Dettelbach stammered.
ATF Director reveals what the agency is trying to do with universal background checks
Under federal law, only FFL can be engaged in the business of selling firearms.
Dettelbach refused to give a straightforward answer on who’s considered to be in the business of selling firearms.
And the reason why is that the ATF is going to consider anyone in the country trying to sell a gun a firearms dealer.
Roy continued to outline hypothetical scenarios that the ATF Director continued to dodge.
And he shut down Dettelbach with a truth bomb.
“Do you understand why the average citizen sitting out there, saying ‘I’ve got four hundred pages of rulemaking might not understand what they are allowed to do under the law when the director of the ATF can’t look at a member of Congress and tell me yes or no emphatically whether or not if I sell a weapon or two weapons or three weapons or five, whether or not I need a license?” Roy stated.
The ATF is looking to turn as many law-abiding gun owners into potential criminals as possible to drop the hammer on them.
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