Dettelbach’s Parting Shots
The final recommendations to the report point to the standard talking point of the Dettelbach tenure…that guns should be harder to get.
The final recommendations to the report point to the standard talking point of the Dettelbach tenure…that guns should be harder to get.
Rep. Burlison recounted ATF’s long bloody history – the lives lost during Ruby Ridge, the siege at Waco, Fast and Furious, and ATF’s recent killing of Brian Malinowski. “It’s a disaster agency. We don’t need them.”
If ATF Director Steve Dettelbach were as dedicated to professional law enforcement as he’s claimed, one would think he would stay on, make his case with Trump, then let the chips fall where they may.
Republicans have accused the Biden administration of weaponizing the ATF against gun owners in the U.S. ATF regulates firearms and, with local enforcement, traces weapons that have been used in crimes.
Grassroots activists want an ATF chief who adheres to the Second Amendment, and who “can tell the difference between the good guys and genuine bad guys.
Neither Manley nor his family have heard anything from the ATF since the botched raid. They have started a Go Fund Me page, which so far has raised more than $36,000. They are also speaking with several attorneys.
ATF director Steve Dettelbach is at least self-aware enough to realize that his employment opportunities in the federal government after January 20 are severely limited.
We’re not usually new year’s resolution people, but lots of people seem to be heading into 2025 with a new sense of optimism and a sunnier outlook. The possibilities are almost endless.
I am heavily armed. I’m a black man, but me being a black man doesn’t help my case. They put me in the worst position as the man of the house. It was all just horrific, man.
Manley, who is described as a gun rights advocate and lives in Baltimore, thinks the raid by agents in battle rattle was an attempt to send a message to other black gun owners.