{"id":1296454,"date":"2022-02-14T09:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296454"},"modified":"2022-02-14T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T19:22:31","slug":"critics-blow-up-atf-over-report-your-ex-valentine-barack-obama-hunter-biden-hardest-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-blow-up-atf-over-report-your-ex-valentine-barack-obama-hunter-biden-hardest-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics Blow Up ATF Over Report Your Ex Valentine \u2014 Barack Obama, Hunter Biden Hardest Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcritics-blow-up-atf-over-report-your-ex-valentine-barack-obama-hunter-biden-hardest-hit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1296454&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1352089547-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGot an ex who buys or sells guns illegally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter account of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) suggested that Americans spend Valentine\u2019s Day ratting out their former \u2014 or current \u2014 partners who may have violated firearms laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cValentine\u2019s Day can still be fun even if you broke up. Do you have information about a former (or current) partner involved in illegal gun activity? Let us know, and we will make sure it\u2019s a Valentine\u2019s Day to remember! Call 1-888-ATF-TIPS or email ATFTips@atf.gov,\u201d the tweet read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Valentine&#8217;s Day can still be fun even if you broke up. Do you have information about a former (or current) partner involved in illegal gun activity? Let us know, and we will make sure it&#8217;s a Valentine&#8217;s Day to remember! Call 1-888-ATF-TIPS or email ATFTips@atf.gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OdDIPdIzkr\">pic.twitter.com\/OdDIPdIzkr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATF HQ (@ATFHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATFHQ\/status\/1493208813670965248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The responses began pouring in almost immediately \u2014 but instead of reporting their ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends, a number reported their ex-President Barack Obama and their ex-Attorney General Eric Holder for their involvement in the disastrous gun-tracking effort known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/04\/obama-relents-in-fight-over-fast-and-furious-documents-221741\">Operation Fast and Furious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do. Ex president, actually. His name was Barack Obama. Ran a bunch of illegal guns to the Mexican cartels,\u201d radio host Jesse Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseKellyDC\/status\/1493225812497256449\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cThat what you\u2019re looking for? Or you just worried about hunting down some poor guy with a sawed off?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah\u2026\u2026\u2026 I like to report Barack Obama for the fast and furious operation!!!\u201d Luke Rudkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lukewearechange\/status\/1493257655560908804\">agreed<\/a>, adding for good measure, \u201cAlso #AbolishTheATF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Congressional candidate Robby Starbuck added President Joe Biden to the mix, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1493277807664934915\">tweeting<\/a>, \u201cHi @ATFHQ \u2014 I\u2019d like to report Barack Obama and Joe Biden who oversaw guns being run to Mexican Cartels who then used the guns to kill people. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll knock their door down, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several reported President Biden\u2019s son <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/biden-threatens-on-guns-if-you-willfully-falsify-a-record-well-find-you-hunter-biden-allegedly-did-that\/\">Hunter<\/a> over his own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/25\/sources-secret-service-inserted-itself-into-case-of-hunter-bidens-gun-477879\">alleged violations<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-secret-service-intervened-in-hunter-biden-gun-incident-lied-on-background-check-form-report-says\/\">federal firearms laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear The ATF,&nbsp;I would like to report my ex, Hunter Biden who was involved in an illegal gun activity.&nbsp;Happy Valentine\u2019s Day Hunter.&nbsp;Signed,&nbsp;The Second Amendment,\u201d attorney Matthew Kolken <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkolken\/status\/1493278799622033412\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou mean like Hunter Biden?\u201d Jack Posobiec <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1493278996884299782\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You mean like Hunter Biden? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hz5vGejeuW\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hz5vGejeuW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l33dQleH3C\">pic.twitter.com\/l33dQleH3C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Honkmaster Poso \ud83c\udfba (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1493278996884299782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHow about we discuss you guys doing nothing about Hunter Biden lying on his 4473 about habitual drug use and criminal behavior?\u201d John Cardillo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johncardillo\/status\/1493278614158196742\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHunter Biden lied on a Form 4473 to purchase a gun he wasn\u2019t legally allowed to possess. Is that still a crime, or is it okay if you\u2019re the corrupt, crackhead son of the president?\u201d The Federalist\u2019s Sean Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1493250728978223112\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still others simply reported the ATF itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat if it\u2019s your own government for a gun-running op called Fast and Furious? Weren\u2019t you guys involved in that?\u201d nationally-syndicated radio host Dana Loesch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1493254199374721026\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know this person that massacred 70 people in Waco and ran illegal guns to Mexican drug cartels that were used to kill a US border patrol agent,\u201d Greg Price <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1493255043423813643\">added<\/a>. \u201cHer name is the ATF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the mocking continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe feds are out here trying to weaponize vindictive exes (pardon my pun),\u201d Noam Blum <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1493280429171949568\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we fire everyone in the federal government and start over?\u201d David Marcus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueBoxDave\/status\/1493279277957226501\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is basically an invitation to SWAT an ex you don\u2019t like. So incredibly dangerous,\u201d Young Americans for Liberty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YALiberty\/status\/1493276350593085444\">pointed out<\/a>. \u201cAbolish the ATF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. 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