The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are under attack yet again, but for all the right reasons.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) recently called on Congress to block funding for ATF in the forthcoming Fiscal Year budget. And the reasoning is very simple – they’re demanding that Democrats and federal bureaucrats publicly recognize the rights of the Second Amendment to all law-abiding citizens, stating that their attacks on legal gun ownership are without merit.
A hearing is set to take place this Thursday at the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, with the ATF’s “assault” on the Second Amendment coming into question. The CCRKBA believes its call should be loud and clear in time for this hearing.
“We’ve seen attacks on Second Amendment rights under previous Democrat presidents,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “but the Biden administration has pulled out all the stops. Joe Biden has publicly declared his desire to ban modern semiautomatic rifles and 9mm pistols, the most popular firearms in the nation. Millions of honest citizens own semiautomatic rifles for all kinds of uses, including home defense, competition, predator control, recreational shooting and hunting, and they have never harmed anyone. Likewise, millions of men and women own and use 9mm pistols for personal and home protection, training, target shooting, competition, business protection, and other legitimate uses.
“But under Joe Biden, the ATF has been weaponized against law-abiding citizens, and his budget proposal includes $1.9 billion for the agency to expand operations and increase regulation of the firearms industry.” In other words, enough is enough.
Gottlieb concluded, “The only way to derail this obsession is for House and Senate Republicans to send a message to the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats by refusing to fund the agency Biden wants to unleash on law-biding Americans. This war on the Second Amendment must stop now.”
A representative for the CCRKBA joins us now to discuss this call further, and why it’s more important than ever before.
Q&A:
- Why do you think President Biden is so hellbent on funding the ATF to expand its resources across the United States? Is he that devoted to completing his ban on “assault weapons”? Or is it something else?
- Do you believe he’s working on pushing this funding in the hopes of impressing his colleagues or people within his own administration? Maybe even flexing his muscles for international ties as well?
- We’ve seen states attack the Second Amendment in their own ways over the past few months with restrictive gun laws and other ridiculous measures. Do you believe, with the ATF receiving more funding, these could continue throughout 2023 and beyond?
- You’ve noted in the past how effective Concealed-Carry (or Constitutional Carry, as some call it) has been against “active shooters”? Why do you think Biden doesn’t seem that interested in looking more at this resolution, rather than his proposed ban on “assault weapons”?
- What do you think will come out of the hearing Thursday, and do you believe there will be repercussions surrounding the decision?
- Where can people call in to pledge their support to the CCRKBA?
The number to support the group is (800) 699-0992.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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