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Mad_Machine76

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19. It's mind-boggling

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Thu Sep 9, 2021, 10:50 AM

Sep 2021

that people are upset about having a head of the ATF- which is responsible for controlling guns- who supports.......gun control. But obsession with sucking up to guns and the people whom jerk off to guns and ammo mags I guess is more important to some folks I guess.

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W.H. to withdraw nomination of David Chipman to head ATF due to his gun control advocacy [View all] spanone Sep 2021 OP

Good n/t Devil Child Sep 2021 #1

" bipartisan pushback" damn guns! riversedge Sep 2021 #2

Great. BeckyDem Sep 2021 #3

Yes, god forbid we have a gun control advocate in charge of guns. spanone Sep 2021 #8

Yep. BeckyDem Sep 2021 #12

👍🏼 spanone Sep 2021 #14

Angus King, Jon Tester, and (rim shot) Manchin... Ninga Sep 2021 #4

Manchined? Like he did Neera Tanden? Celerity Sep 2021 #5

Yep. Though they blamed "teh Bernie" Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2021 #9

Hell, why not just nominate Wayne LaPierre to ATF... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #6

That is what I was thinking too. Old Wayne may need a new job soon if N.Y. has anything to say Chainfire Sep 2021 #11

Exactly. Guess coddling gunners is just politically expedient nowadays, until 50 kids get killed. Hoyt Sep 2021 #15

And even after that PSPS Sep 2021 #17

Sandy Hook barely moved the needle....20 kids between 6 & 7 yrs. old murdered. spanone Sep 2021 #26

such horseshit Voltaire2 Sep 2021 #7

Sometimes we act like we are afraid of offending people who already hate our guts. Chainfire Sep 2021 #13

this NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #20

Biden was likely told Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #18

Isn't that exactly what we need? lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #10

lKR? Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #21

Seems like it's going the other way: Guns are controlling the ATF. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #23

Seems like it Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #24

I know nothing about this so... Takket Sep 2021 #16

It's mind-boggling Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #19

this too. NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #22

Its maddening. spanone Sep 2021 #25