{"id":2191702,"date":"2024-03-03T23:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T04:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atf-director-displays-ignorance-about-basic-firearm-topics-during-pro-gun-control-segment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T23:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T04:54:26","slug":"atf-director-displays-ignorance-about-basic-firearm-topics-during-pro-gun-control-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atf-director-displays-ignorance-about-basic-firearm-topics-during-pro-gun-control-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"ATF Director&#8217;s Lack of Knowledge on Firearm Basics Shown in Pro Gun Control Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fatf-director-displays-ignorance-about-basic-firearm-topics-during-pro-gun-control-segment%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=2191702&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--><p>During a recent interview \u200con CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, \u200da Democrat, \u200dmade several errors when discussing firearms. Standing\u200b in front of a table\u2063 filled with\u200b firearms, Dettelbach attempted to\u200d highlight loopholes in gun \u200claws. However, he \u2064demonstrated \u2064a\u200c lack of basic firearm terminology, such as the difference between a clip and a magazine. He also\u200b showed a lack of knowledge about pistol braces, mistakenly suggesting they were the \u200dsame as butt stocks. <\/p>\n<p>The interview conducted \u200dby Margaret Brennan seemed to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-cori-bush-employs-pro-gun-private-security-firm\/\" title=\"\u2018Squad\u2019 Member Cori Bush Employs Pro-Gun Private Security Firm\">pro-gun control agenda<\/a>, as \u200bshe stood with crossed arms, \u2064expressing disgust and promoting the false narrative that the Second\u200c Amendment was created solely for \u200bhunting. In reality, the Second Amendment was established for self-defense and as a \u200csafeguard against\u2062 government tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>Dettelbach also\u2063 called on gun stores to refuse sales of certain \u200ctypes of weapons, like large caliber rifles, to customers paying in cash. \u2064He urged store owners to \u2064report such \u200dtransactions to the ATF for\u200d investigation. He emphasized the importance of preventing \u200cthese sales to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-suburb-backs-down-from-ban-on-abortion-clinic-protesters\/\" title=\"Seattle Suburb Backs Down From Ban on Abortion Clinic Protesters\">protect public safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Dettelbach made \u200ba\u200d plea to firearms dealers, asking them to\u2062 be vigilant when a man \u2063and a \u2062woman enter a store\u200b and the man asks all the questions while the woman makes the purchase. \u200cHe \u200bsuggested that this scenario should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-new-press-secretary-is-a-stolen-election-conspiracy-theorist-who-called-trump-an-illegitimate-president\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s New Press Secretary Is A \u2018Stolen Election\u2019 Conspiracy Theorist Who Called Trump An \u2018Illegitimate President\u2019\">raise alarm bells<\/a>, and the store should refrain from\u200d selling to that couple.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 is concerning that the ATF Director displayed a lack of knowledge \u200dabout firearms, \u200despecially when attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/date-set-for-gavin-newsom-ron-desantis-debate\/\" title=\"Newsom-DeSantis Debate Date Announced\">influence public\u200d opinion<\/a> on gun control. The interview also touched on the issue of Congress prohibiting the ATF from creating a\u2063 centralized registry of U.S. gun \u2063owners, which Dettelbach acknowledged as a \u2063law that\u2064 the agency complies\u200c with.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Dettelbach&#8217;s\u200d interview highlighted his mistakes and lack \u2063of understanding regarding\u200b firearms, raising questions \u2063about his credibility and expertise in his role as ATF Director.  <\/p>\n<h2> What was\u200d the perceived agenda of Margaret Brennan, the interviewer, and how \u200ddid it influence the discussion on the Second Amendment?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  During a recent interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; ATF \u2062Director Steven Dettelbach, a Democrat, made several errors when discussing firearms. Standing in front of a table filled with firearms, Dettelbach attempted to highlight loopholes in gun laws but demonstrated a lack of basic firearm terminology, \u2063such as the difference between a clip and a magazine. He also showed \u2064a lack of knowledge about pistol braces,\u200c mistakenly suggesting \u200cthey\u2064 were the same as butt stocks.<\/p>\n<p>The interview conducted by Margaret Brennan seemed to have a pro-gun control agenda, \u2063as she stood with crossed arms, expressing disgust and promoting the false narrative that the\u200d Second Amendment was created solely for hunting. In reality, the Second Amendment was established for\u2063 self-defense and as a safeguard against government\u2062 tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>Dettelbach also called on\u2063 gun stores to refuse sales of certain types of\u2062 weapons, like large caliber rifles, to customers paying in cash. He \u200curged store \u2064owners to\u200b report \u2063such transactions \u200dto the ATF for investigation, emphasizing the\u200d importance of \u2063preventing these sales to protect public safety.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Dettelbach made a plea to firearms dealers, asking them to be vigilant when a man and \u2064a woman enter a store and the man asks all\u200b the \u200dquestions \u2064while the woman makes the purchase. He suggested that this\u200c scenario should raise alarm bells, and the store should refrain from selling to that couple.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2062concerning\u2063 that\u200d the ATF Director displayed\u2063 a lack of\u2063 knowledge about\u200d firearms, especially when attempting\u2064 to influence public opinion on gun control. The interview also touched on the issue of Congress prohibiting the \u200dATF from creating a centralized registry of U.S. gun owners, which Dettelbach acknowledged as a law that the agency complies with.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Dettelbach&#8217;s interview highlighted his mistakes and\u200c lack of understanding regarding firearms,\u2064 raising questions about his credibility and expertise in his role as ATF Director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, a Democrat, made multiple errors discussing firearms on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation.&#8221; Standing before a table of guns, he attempted to highlight loopholes enabling people to bypass regulations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2191703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-03-at-5.40.42-PM-1.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2191702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-03-at-5.40.42-PM-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2191703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2191702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2191702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}