“In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment — the attacks are fast and furious — starting the minute that Crooked Joe shuffles his way out of the White House,” Trump said in the speech [to the NRA].
Trump also vowed during the speech to fire Steven Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). House Republicans have also said they want to abolish or drastically cut funding for the ATF.
“At noon on Inauguration Day, we will sack the anti-gun fanatic Steve Dettelbach,” Trump told NRA conventioneers. “Have you ever heard of him? He’s a disaster.”
Gun control advocates said they expect Trump to try to water down the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the first major gun safety law enacted in 30 years that Biden signed in June 2022, about a month after a teenage gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The BSCA enhances background checks for gun buyers under 21, closes the so-called “boyfriend loophole” to prevent people convicted of domestic abuse from purchasing guns, and allocates $750 million to help states implement “red flag laws” to remove firearms from people deemed to be dangerous to themselves and others.
Advocates also expect Trump to abolish the first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention established under the Biden administration and overseen by Harris.
Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action released a statement on social media Wednesday, saying her gun violence prevention group also plans to continue to fight for laws that protect Americans from gun violence.
— Bill Hutchinson in ‘Deeply troubling’: Gun-violence prevention groups react to Trump victory
The Biden administration spent far too much time passing unnecessary laws and too little, if any, time fighting crime and holding criminals accountable. It is as if they did not know what they were doing nor cared. Let the POTG say AMEN!
Alternative take:
They spent their time punishing their political opposition, trying to erase American culture and values, opening the borders to the world’s poor, and raiding the treasury. They did exactly what they set out to accomplish.
Therein lies the problem. Even though they got the boot this time the damage they caused is done and any true repair will take a generation or two. Much longer than the 4 years Trump has available to him and that’s assuming MAGA can operate without partisan roadblocks and doesn’t take a hit in the midterms.
These leftists act like they’ve lost but they know they’ll still come out ahead in the end because they hit fast and hard. That causes a backlash of course but what they do is never completely undone.
Like chipping 6 yards with every play. Takes longer but they keep moving down field and the defense gets really tired.